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Long Beach Signature Sale 3067 6-7 Sep 2018
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ACARNANIA. Federal Confederacy. Ca. 250-200 BC. AR stater (27mm, 13.28 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Leucas mint, ca. 250 BC. Head of river god Achelous as a horned man-faced bull right / AKAPNANΩN, Apollo seated left, bow outward in right hand and leaning on left arm; Γ below. Unpublished in standard references.
A note from BCD from the sale of his collection: "Another great rarity. The lack of a magistrate's name, the letter in the exergue and, of course, the different weight standard suggest a prototype issue."
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1348; BCD Collection (M&M Deutschland 23, 18 October 2007), lot 15; Lanz 66 (1993), lot 182.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-800 USD
ACARNANIA. Federal Confederacy. Ca. 250-200 BC. AR stater (27mm, 13.28 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Leucas mint, ca. 250 BC. Head of river god Achelous as a horned man-faced bull right / AKAPNANΩN, Apollo seated left, bow outward in right hand and leaning on left arm; Γ below. Unpublished in standard references.
A note from BCD from the sale of his collection: "Another great rarity. The lack of a magistrate's name, the letter in the exergue and, of course, the different weight standard suggest a prototype issue."
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1348; BCD Collection (M&M Deutschland 23, 18 October 2007), lot 15; Lanz 66 (1993), lot 182.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-800 USD