Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2819. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Hemiobol or Hexichalkon (5.94 g, 11h). Countermark struck on a Messene hemiobol or hexichalkon of the magistrate Nikarchos, 40s-30s BC (Grandjean Série XI, Em. κ, 484 [D275/R435]). Head of Demeter right, wearing grain ear wreath; c/m: bare head of Augustus right, Ξ below, all in incuse circle (Howgego 57) / Zeus Ithomatas standing right, holding scepter and eagle; NIKAPXOC down left, to right, ME monogram above tripod and wreath. Grandjean p. 178, first countermarked specimen cited (this coin); BCD Peloponnesos 758. Coin Fine, countermark VF, green patina.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from Leu, January 1979; from the old stock of Jacob Hirsch, with his ticket.