From the Time of the Capture of Patrai

221, Lot: 53. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAIA, Patrai. Circa 31 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.23 g, 10h). Agys Aischrionos, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / AΓVC/ AI-CXPI/ωNOC around ΠA monogram, all within elaborately bound laurel wreath with ties above and two rostra below. BCD Peloponnesos 533. VF, toned. Fine style.

Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); Peus 378 (28 April 2004), lot 140.

This issue was probably struck late in 31 BC, after Octavian’s forces had taken Patrai from Antony and Cleopatra.