CNG 102, Lot: 270. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AKARNANIA, Thyrrheion. Circa 94 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 8.08 g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Athena Alkidemos, advancing right, shield on left arm, preparing to cast spear; [ΛE-ΩN across upper field]; to left, monogram above ΦATNI/AΔA in two lines; club to right. BCD Akarnania 409.2 = K. Liampi, “Ein neuer Münzfund aus Thyrreion” in P. Berktold, et al., eds., Akarnanien – Eine Landschaft im Antiken Griechenland (Würzburg, 1996), p. 174, 4 (this coin); HGC 4, 923. Good VF, toned, a little die wear on obverse, off center on reverse. Rare.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex BCD Collection (Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 23, 18 October 2007), lot 409.2.