Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 549. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LAKONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta). Circa 100-90/80 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.31 g, 1h). Laureate head of Herakles right / Amphora between piloi of the Dioskouroi; Λ-A across upper field, monogram to lower right; all within wreath. Grunauer group VIII, series 4 (unlisted dies); BCD Peloponnesos 853. VF, toned, typical obverse die wear.

Ex BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales); Christie’s (22 April 1986), lot 398.