Grandjean Plate Coin

410, Lot: 88. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Circa 191-183 BC. Æ Hemiobol or Hexachalkon (20.5mm, 6.01 g, 11h). Che–, magistrate. Wreathed head of Demeter right / Zeus standing right, holding eagle on his outstretched arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt; ΞE to lower left, tripod to right. Grandjean Series XI, emission α, 227a (D142/R193 – this coin, illustrated); BCD Peloponnesos 708; HGC 5, 575. Near VF, dark green and brown patina.

Ex CNG Inventory 833616 (January 2009); BCD Collection (not in prior BCD sales), purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, December 1970.