ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Circa 470-465 BC. Hemidrachm

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Circa 470-465 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 14 mm, 2.85 g, 1 h), Kleitor mint. Zeus Lykaios seated left, holding eagle alighting to left in his right hand and long scepter in his left. Rev. R-A Head of Kallisto to right, wearing tainia and necklace and with her hair tied in queue; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1398 (this coin). BMC 5 (same dies). Williams I, 40c (O30/R25, this coin). Very rare. Beautifully toned, of lovely style and with an excellent pedigree. Very fine.


From the Kleinkunst Collection, Leu 6, 23 October 2020, 153 and previously from the BCD Collection, LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006, 1398, from the collection of W. Lamb, Ars Classica XVI, 3 July 1933, 1297 and ex Hirsch XVIII, 27 May 1907, 2416.