Ex Grandprey Collection

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2597. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Circa 450-440/30 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.90 g, 10h). Mantinea mint. Zeus Lykaios seated left, holding scepter; eagle flying left from his hand / Head of Kallisto right within incuse square. Williams, Confederate, period IV, 291b (O194/R191 – this coin); BCD Peloponnesos (Mantinea) -. VF, toned. Well centered. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); B. Carey FPL (September 1984), no. 45; Gen. de Grandprey Collection (Ciani, 20 February 1935), lot 150.

The date of the Ciani sale is incorrectly recorded by Williams.