Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 78. Estimate CHF32500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011.  Sold For CHF27000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy). Circa 250 BC. Quarter Stater (Gold, 2.13 g 2). Head of Acheoloos to right, shown as a youthful man-headed bull. Rev. ΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΩΝ Apollo seated left on throne, holding bow in his right hand. BCD Akarnania 14 var. Extremely rare. A superb example, perhaps the finest known. Extremely fine.

From the Collection Z, Switzerland.