442, Lot: 650. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LACONIA, Lacedaemon (Sparta). Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ 4 Assaria (23mm, 7.79 g, 3h). [ΓA]ΛΛIHNON AYΓOY, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / ΛAKЄΔAI-[MONIωN], Apollo Lykeios standing facing, holding bow and resting right hand on his head; across field, AC monogram and Δ (= 4 assaria). Grunauer Group LVIII, Series 1, 1 (same dies); BCD Peloponnesos 946.3 (this coin). Fine, green and red-brown patina, roughness. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 946 (part of).