260, Lot: 167. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Circa 35 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.32 g, 12h). Polykles, magistrate. Diademed head of Zeus right / Tripod; ΠO-ΛY/KΛ-HΣ in two lines across field; all within laurel wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 754 (same obverse die); HGC 5, 572. Near EF, darkly toned. High relief.

From the BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales).