Not in BCD

404, Lot: 162. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Circa 50-30 BC. Æ Trichalkon (18mm, 2.66 g, 11h). Nikarchos, magistrate. Laureate head of Asklepios right / Staff entwined by serpent. Grandjean Series XII, 617–27; cf. BCD Peloponnesos 748 note; HGC 5, 588. VF, earthen dark brown patina. Rare example of a Peloponnesian type not in BCD.