CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
![](images/Messenia_Mesene_AE21_Che_Grandjean227a_171223.jpg "᷅ <font color=\\"#FF0000\\"><b>SOLD</b></font color>: Messenia, Messene, AE Hemiobol – Hexachalkon, Che, Grandjean Plate Coin, c. 193-183 BC")
- Emperor:
- Che, magistrate
- Denomination:
- AE Hemiobol - Hexachalkon
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Date:
- circa 193-183 BC
- Obverse:
- Wreathed head of Demeter facing right
- Reverse:
- ΞE (name of magistrate, to lower left), Zeus Ithomatas standing right, holding eagle on outstretched arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt; to left, ME monogram; to right, tripod
- Reference:
- Grandjean Series XI, emission α, 227a (D142/R193 – this coin, illustrated); BCD Peloponnesos 708; SNG Copenhagen 510; SNG Soutzos 1048; BMC Peloponnesos [Messenia] p. 111, 24-25; Kroll 761b var. (illegible magistrate name); HGC 5, 575; SNG Kikpe -;
- Size:
- 20.50mm, 6.01g, 11h
- Province:
- Messenia, Messene
- Grade:
- aVF, well centred, attractive dark red and green patina
- Rarity:
- Rare
- Rarity Details:
- only a few examples in online auction archives
- Pedigreed:
- Provenance:
- Pedigreed: from the BCD Collection together with his round tag noting 'A.H.B Dec. 80, £1.-'; Ex Classical Numismatic Group: eAuction 410 (29 November 2017), Lot 88; Inventory 833616 (January 2009); A. H. Baldwin & Sons (December 1970)
- Information:
- From the BCD Collection. Plate coin, published and illustrated in 'Grandjean'.
This coin was published and illustrated in Catherine Grandjean. 'Les Messéniens de 370/369 au 1er siècle de notre ère. Monnayages et histoire'. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique Supplément 44. Athens: École française d’Athènes (2003). Messene was re-established after the Battle of Leuctra in 371 broke the Spartan's long-lasting rule over the Messenians. A place for exiled Messenians, the new Messene was heavily fortified by a wall surrounding the city. It was built on top of the ruins of Ithome an Achaean Greek city, destroyed by the Spartans.
I, Peter A. Piliouras of Ancient Coin Traders irrevocably guarantee for life to the Purchaser that this ancient coin is authentic. If this coin is deemed not to be authentic by a professional certification service, then I will refund to the Purchaser the full cost of acquiring the coin (including shipping) together with the certification fees.
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Signed: Peter Anthony Piliouras
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