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CNG 112, Lot: 214. Estimate $500.
Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAIA, Achaian League. Elis. Circa 45-30 BC. AR Hemidrachm or Tetrobol (17mm, 2.34 g, 5h). Kallippos, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus Hamarios right; KAΛΛIΠΠOΣ behind / Large Achaian League monogram; Φ above, FA monogram (mint signature) to left, XE monogram to right; thunderbolt below; all within wreath. Benner 42; BCD Peloponnesos 691; HGC 5, 541. Wonderful old cabinet tone, very minor die break on reverse. EF. Exceptional for issue.


From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 203 (hammer $950); Giessener Münzhandlung 50 (24 September 1990), lot 307; Giessener Münzhandlung 48 (2 April 1990), lot 336.