Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2344. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $285. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LAKONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta). Circa 70-60/50 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (2.68 g, 6h). Diademed head of Apollo right / Piloi of the Dioskouroi; two monograms between. Grunauer group XI, 1 (V7/R8 – this coin, illustrated); BCD Peloponnesos 885. Near VF, green-brown patina. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale).