Akarnania, Alyzeia Æ Trichalkon. Circa 330-280 BC. Helmeted head of Athena to right / Bearded head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; [AΛYZAIΩN] behind, club before. BCD Akarnania 74.1-4; HGC 4, 748 (R2); Roma 9, lot 143 (hammer: £1,100). 5.32g, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; BCD only possessed five after some forty years of collecting, and only three other specimens appear on CoinArchives.
From the VCV Collection.