Arkadia, Kaphyai Æ 16mm. Circa 280-240 BC. Wreathed head of Demeter to right / Demeter (or Persephone?) standing to right, holding poppy and grain ears; ΚΑΦΥ behind. Head, HN p. 446; BCD Peloponnesos I 1379 (this coin) = Traeger 295 (this coin) = BCD Peloponnesos II 2643 (this coin) = HGC 5, 847 (this coin). 2.54g, 16mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
This coin published in B. Traeger, Arkadien, die Münzstätten und Münzen von der archaischen bis zur hellenistischen Epoche (Bremen, 2021);
This coin published in O.D. Hoover, The Handbook of Greek Coins, Vol. 5 - Coins of the Peloponnesos (Lancaster PA, 2011);
From the Dr. Burkhard Traeger Collection;
Ex Auctiones GmbH, eAuction 38, 21 June 2015, lot 11;
Ex BCD Collection, LHS Numismatik AG, Auction 96, 8 May 2006, lot 1379.