Among the Finest Known

CNG 96, Lot: 367. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAIA, Achaian League. Lakedaimon (Sparta). Circa 175-168 BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 2.48 g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Large Achaian League monogram; Y above, Λ-A across central field, E below; all within wreath. Benner 5 (this coin illustrated); BCD Peloponnesos 850 (this coin); HGC 5, 642. EF, attractively toned. Struck on a broad flan. Among the finest known of this issue.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 93 (22 May 2013), lot 322 (hammer $8000, not paid); BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 850.