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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 850 CHF
Hammer Price:  850 CHF
Lot 127

LAKONIA, Achaean League. Lakedaimon (Sparta). Circa 175-168 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 16 mm, 2.46 g, 5 h). Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. Achaean League monogram with Y above, Λ - Α to left and right, and E below; all within laurel wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 850. HGC 5, 642. Very rare. Nicely toned and well struck. Some striking flatness, otherwise, good very fine.

From an old collection in Starnberg, Germany, formed in the 1990s.

The Achaean League coinage of Sparta is quite extraordinarily rare. When the superb BCD example was sold in 2006 it went for CHF 2500 (it was given the estimate of 250), but when it reappeared seven years later in CNG 93 it went for an incredible $8000 (!!!), thus showing quite how rare and desirable this coin is.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 26 Apr 2024, 12:23:12 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:850 CHF

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