Watch List notes:

MESSENIA, Messene. Circa 50-30 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.36 g, 12h). Diademed head of Zeus right / Tripod; M-E/ IΠ-ΠA/PX-OΣ in three lines across field; all within wreath. Grandjean 196–7 var. (D119/R– [unlisted rev. die]); BCD Peloponnesos 746; HGC 5, 572; Boston MFA 1185 (same obv. die). Choice EF, attractively toned. Fine style.


From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex René Baron Collection (Tradart, 18 December 2014), lot 123.