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January Signature Sale 3089 21-22 Jan 2021
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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, 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 Unpublished in standard references.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."
Ex Collection of a Philhellene (Heritage Auctions, 3067 Long Beach, 6 September 2018), lot 33070; 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
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Estimate: 1000-1500 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, 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 Unpublished in standard references.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."
Ex Collection of a Philhellene (Heritage Auctions, 3067 Long Beach, 6 September 2018), lot 33070; 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
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-acarnania-federal-confederacy-ca-250-200-bc-ar-stater-27mm-1328-gm-5h-ngc-choice-vf-4-5-3-5-fin/a/3089-32049.s?type=CoinArchives3089
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 1000-1500 USD