ACHAIA, Achaian League. Lakedaimon (Sparta). Circa 175-168 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (15.5mm, 2.39 g, 9h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Achaian League monogram; piloi of the Dioskouroi flanking, ΛA above, ME monogram below; all within wreath. Benner 1; BCD Peloponnesos 849; HGC 5, 642. In NGC encapsulation, graded VF(star), Strike: 5/5, Surface 5/5, Fine Style. Very rare.
From the J. Cohen Collection. Ex Heritage 3038 (13 January 2015), lot 33093.
Lakedaimon was an unwilling member of the Achaian League, thus its early League coins comprised a very short lived and small issue that is quite rare today.