The First Silver League Issue of Megara

247, Lot: 106. Estimate $100. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAIA, Achaian League. Megara. Circa 188-180 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.50 g, 2h). Laureate head of Zeus Hamarios right / AX monogram; kithara above, ME to left, ΓΩ to right; all within wreath. Benner 1; BCD Peloponnesos 22 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen -. VF, toned. The first issue of Megara as a member of the Achaian League.

From Collection C.P.A. Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006), lot 22; Empire Coins FPL 76 (September 1995), no. 22.