Grandjean & BCD

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2314. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $4600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Circa 183-182 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.75 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Demeter right / Zeus standing right, holding eagle on his outstretched arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt; Δ-I/O-N in two lines flanking his torso, A between legs, tripod and [Φ] to right. Grandjean 94a (D56/R78) = BCD Peloponnesos 711 (this coin). VF, toned, porous.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 711.