Second Known 6th Century Issue of Kleonai

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 722. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGOLIS, Kleonai. Late 6th century BC. AR 1/12 Stater (1.11 g). Forepart of roaring lion left / Incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1309, otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare, apparently the second known.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale).

The earliest coinage of Kleonai.