The Finest of the Akarnanian Federal Gold

Triton XVIII, Lot: 501. Estimate $10000. Sold for $27500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy). Circa 250 BC. AV Quarter Stater (12.5mm, 2.10 g, 12h). Attic standard. Leukas mint. Head of the river-god Achelöos right; И to left / Apollo, nude but for drapery over his right leg, seated left, holding bow in extended right hand, left arm resting on throne; plow to left. BCD Akarnania 14 var. (control marks); SNG Copenhagen –; de Luynes 1916 var. (same); Triton XII, lot 223 var. (control on rev.; same obv. die). EF, slight die shift, a few light marks. Apparently unique with these controls, and arguably the finest of this very rare gold coinage.

Ex Mieza Collection (Nomos 7, 15 May 2013), lot 80.