The Copenhagen Master

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 571. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.96 g, 3h). Kleitor mint; reverse die by the Copenhagen Master. Zeus Lykaios seated left, holding scepter; eagle flying left from his hand / Head of Kallisto left, wearing tainia and necklace, within incuse square. Williams, Confederate, period I, 9 (O7/R6); BCD Peloponnesos (Kleitor) -; McClean 6920 (same dies). VF, darkly toned, a hint of porosity. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales).