Grandjean Plate Coin

408, Lot: 130. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Circa 50-30 BC. Æ Hemiobol – Hexachalkon (19mm, 4.59 g, 1h). Nikarchos, magistrate. Diademed head of Demeter right / Zeus standing right, holding scepter and eagle on outstretched arm; NIKAPXOC to left, tripod and wreath to right. Grandjean Series XI, Emission κ, 497a (V281/R445 – this coin, illustrated); BCD Peloponnesos 748; HGC 5, 579. VF, red and green patina, slight roughness, obverse a little off center.

Ex CNG Inventory 8333484 (January 2009); BCD Collection (not in prior BCD sales).