AKARNANIA, Leukas. temp. Sulla. Circa 87 BC. AR Didrachm (23mm, 8.27 g, 11h). Leon, magistrate.

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Lot: 91. Estimated: $ 300

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Sold For $ 700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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AKARNANIA, Leukas. temp. Sulla. Circa 87 BC. AR Didrachm (23mm, 8.27 g, 11h). Leon, magistrate. Statue of Aphrodite Aineias standing right, holding aphlaston; in background, stag standing right; to left, eagle standing right and long scepter surmounted by dove standing right; all within laurel wreath / Prow right, decorated with laurel wreath; [Λ]EYKAΔIΩN/ΛEΩN and monogram in two lines above, monogram to right. Callataÿ, Late 162 (O25/R9 – this coin); Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens –; BCD Akarnania 303–4; HGC 4, 857. Toned, double struck. VF.

Ex New York Sale XL (12 January 2017), lot 1054; Elsen FPL 189 (March 1997), no. 41; Elsen FPL 186 (November 1996), no. 18; Elsen FPL 180 (April 1996), no. 18; Elsen FPL 176 (October/November 1995), no. 34; Elsen FPL 152 (March/April 1993), no. 25.


Closing Date and Time: 23 February 2022 at 10:30:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.