390, Lot: 118. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 3.13 g, 5h). Tegea mint. Zeus Lykaios seated left, holding scepter and thunderbolt; eagle flying left from his arm / Head of Kallisto right, wearing tainia, within incuse square. Williams, Confederate, Period III, 1, – (O122/R– [unlisted rev. die]); BCD Peloponnesos –; HGC 5, –. Fine, toned, some roughness, struck with worn obverse die. Very rare issue from Period III, 1 at Tegea.

Ex BCD Collection (not in prior sales), with his ticket (misattributing issue to Kleitor).

The obverse die used on this piece is known paired with the extraordinary reverse dies depicting a facing head of Kallisto (Williams 178–9).