The Infant Telephos

444, Lot: 122. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Tegea. Circa 250 BC. Æ Dichalkon (17.5mm, 2.88 g, 7h). Helmeted head of Athena Alea right / The infant Telephos kneeling left, suckling doe standing right, head left. BCD Peloponnesos 1741.2; cf. HGC 5, 1073 (symbols on rev.). VF, dark green-brown patina, some roughness.