Grandjean and HGC Plate Coin

408, Lot: 131. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Circa 50-30 BC. Æ Hemiobol – Hexachalkon (20mm, 5.84 g, 11h). 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, 515c (V289/R461 – this coin, illustrated) = BCD Peloponnesos 749 (this coin); HGC 5, 579 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, dark green-brown patina.

Ex CNG Inventory 775290 (July 2006); BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 749.