Kleomenes III, King of Sparta

360, Lot: 100. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LAKONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta). Kleomenes III. 235-222 BC. Æ Hexachalkon (21.5mm, 10.21 g, 4h). Struck circa 226-223 BC. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt / Winged thunderbolt. Grunauer Group IV; BCD Peloponnesos 843; HGC 5, 621. Near Fine, brown surfaces, a couple flan flaws on obverse. Very rare.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Joseph J. Copeland Colection (Coin Galleries, 10 February 1993), lot 443 (part of).