407, Lot: 153. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Late 2nd century BC. Æ Hemiobol – Hexachalkon (21mm, 5.40 g, 12h). Wreahed head of Demeter left / Zeus standing right, preparing to throw thunderbolt; eagle on left arm, tripod to left, diadem to right. Grandjean Series XI, Emission θ, 386b (D221/R343) = BCD Peloponnesos 733 (this coin); HGC 5, 577. Good VF, green patina. High relief.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 733; Kölner Münzkabinett 27 (12 December 1984), lot 72.