Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2381. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LAKONIA, Lakedaimon (Sparta). C. Julius Laco. 2 BC-AD 31. Æ As (4.81 g, 1h). Bare head of Herakles right / Upright club; Λ-A flanking; EΠI ΛAKωNOΣ around. Grunauer group XXXII, series 2, 4 var. (V2/R- [unlisted rev. die]; BCD Peloponnesos 927 var. (series). Near VF, rough red-brown patina. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from Leu, January 1979; from the old stock of Jacob Hirsch, with his ticket.