From the BCD and Jameson Collections – Unique

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 164. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Heraia. Circa 480-475 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.21 g, 9h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephane and earring / AЯƎ; pelleted line above and below; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1354 = Jameson 2110 (this coin); otherwise unpublished. EF, beautifully toned. Bold head of Hera in lovely late Archaic style. Unique.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1354; Robert Jameson Collection 2110.

From the LHS sale: “This extraordinary coin, which was unknown to Williams, serves as a bridge between his Periods IV and V as it has the crude reverse of the former and the uncloaked head found in the latter. Such a low weight for a hemidrachm is unexpected but is known from at least one other piece (Williams 14a) and probably reflects the uncertain technical abilities of the mint.”