419, Lot: 583. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREEK, Messenia. Messene. (23mm, 13.02 g, 9h). Ashmolean Museum electrotype (marked A on edge). Head of Demeter left, wearing grain ear wreath / Zeus standing right, eagle perched on outstretched hand, brandishing thunderbolt. Cf. GPCG Period III B 45 and pl. 24, 45 (for type); cf. Head, Guide Period III B 35. As Issued, Number 9 in India ink on reverse.