209, Lot: 141. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ACHAIA, Patrai. Circa 45-40 BC. Æ Hexachalkon or Hemiobol (20mm, 8.92 g, 6h). Metrodoros, son of Menekles, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing tainia / Athena advancing right, holding shield and spear; Patrai monogram to left; to right, owl standing right. BCD Peloponnesos 509; SNG Copenhagen 162-3. Near VF, brown patina.
From the D. Alighieri Collection.