401, Lot: 156. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LAKONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta). C. Julius Eurycles. 31-7 BC. Æ Dupondius (26mm, 9.33 g, 5h). Diademed head of Sparta left / The Dioskouri, holding couched lances, on horseback right within laurel wreath. Grunauer Group XXV; RPC I 1102; BCD Peloponnesos 950; HGC 5, 620. Fine, dark green-brown patina.
From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales), with his ticket, purchased from Armada Coins, January 1979.