394, Lot: 218. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Late 2nd century BC. Æ Hemiobol or Hexachalkon (21mm, 6.70 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Demeter left / Zeus standing right, preparing to cast thunderbolt, [eagle standing on arm]; tripod to left, diadem to right. Grandjean Series XI, Emission θ; BCD Peloponnesos 734; HGC 5, 577. Near VF, dark green-brown patina, slightly off center.

From the J. Cohen Collection.