The Usurper Achaios

205, Lot: 231. Estimate $150. Sold for $147. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Achaios. Usurper, 220-214 BC. Æ 18mm (5.19 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Eagle standing right, palm branch over shoulder; uncertain control to outer right. SC 955.1. Near VF, dark green patina. Rare.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.