Rare City

221, Lot: 162. Estimate $75. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAIA, Achaian League. Tenea. Circa 191-146 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (20mm, 4.45 g, 2h). Zeus standing left, holding Nike and scepter; [K]ΛEAP/XOΣ to right and left / Female figure (Achaia) seated left, holding wreath and scepter. Warren, Bronze 912 (this coin, illustrated); Benner 1; BCD Peloponnesos 74; Clerk 94 (misread as Tegea). Fine, rough green patina. Extremely rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales).

Tenea only struck coinage for short periods as a member of the Achaian League and under the Severans.