Very Rare Akarnanian Gold Issue

CNG 90, Lot: 516. Estimate $15000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy). Circa 250 BC. AV Quarter Stater (12mm, 2.12 g, 3h). Leukas mint. Head of the river-god Achelöos right / Apollo, nude, seated left, holding bow; Σ in exergue. BCD Akarnania 14 var. (control marks); SNG Copenhagen -; de Luynes 1916 var. (same). Good VF, a little die rust. Very rare series, unpublished with Σ control.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 331.