Messene (191-183 BC), Æ Hemiobol or Hexachalkon, 21mm., head of Demeter right, rev. Zeus standing right, throwing thunderbolt, ME - E in left field, tripod in right field (BMC pl. XXII, no. 10 [24]; Grandjean Series XI, emission a, 227; BCD Peloponnesos 708; HGC 5, 575), rubbed and patinated, good fine.
Provenance
Purchased Spink, January 1948
'Ex Rogers and Warren Collection'
Estimate: £30 - £50