Coins of Peloponnesus

442, Lot: 646. Estimate $150. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGOLIS, Argos. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ 10 Assaria (26.5mm, 9.52 g, 4.5h). ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛ-ΛIHNON, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / APΓЄ-IωN, Zeus standing facing, head right, holding long scepter; I and monogram of AC (= 10 assaria) across field. BCD Peloponnesos 1219 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 108. Near VF, green and black patina, rough surfaces. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1219.

The next six lots are all examples of the very rare issues of this period from the Peloponnesian cities of Argos and Sparta. All are from the BCD collection.