Rare Kephaloidion Hemidrachm

363, Lot: 19. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Kephaloidion. Circa 307-305 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 1.55 g, 5h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; EK ΚΕΦΑΛΟΙΔΙ-[O]N to right and below / Bull butting right on tablet; AK monogram and [ΗΡ]ΑΚΛ[ΕΙΩ]ΤΑΝ above. Jenkins, Coinages p. 97, 2; HGC 2, 642; SNG ANS 1331; Jameson 601. Near VF, toned, rough surfaces. Rare.