Messene in Messenia, 180-150 BC., Hemiobol, Grandjean 297a

Messene in Messenia, ca. 180-150 BC.,
Hemiobol / Hexachalkon / Æ 20 (20 mm / 7,40 g), bronze, axes coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 200°),
Obv.: wreathed head of Demeter right.
Rev.: KΛ , Zeus Ithomatas standing right, hurling thunderbolt with his right hand and with an eagle perching right with spread wings on the back of his left wrist; KΛ to left, tripod to right.
C. Grandjean, Les Messéniens de 370/369 au 1er s. de notre ère. Monnayages et Histoire (2003), 297a ; Lindgren 1674 ; BCD Peloponnesos 715 .