CNG 93, Lot: 322. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAIA, Achaian League. Lakedaimon (Sparta). Circa 175-168 BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 2.48 g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Large Achaian League monogram; Y above, Λ-A across central field, E below; all within wreath. Benner 5 (this coin illustrated); BCD Peloponnesos 850 (this coin); HGC 5, 642. EF, attractively toned. Struck on a broad flan. Among the finest known of this issue.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 850.