Watch List notes:

PELOPONESSOS. ACHAIA. Patrae. Ca mid 30s B.C. AR triobol or hemidrachm. 2.18 gm. 16 mm. Struck by the magistrate Damasius, son of Agesilaus. Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing stephane, earring and necklace, her hair bound in a bun at the back; atypical double row of pellets around / ΔΑ | ΜΑCIAC above Patrae monogram; all within laurel wreath tied at the bottom. BCD Peloponnesos 525-8. BMC 2. McClean 6325-8. SNG Lockett 2348. SNG Cop 154. Very Fine; attractively toned.Ex Nomos AG, April 1980. Ex BCD with tags.Likely struck in conjunction with Mark Antony's preparations for war with Octavian. This head of Aphrodite is widely thought to bear the features of Cleopatra VII. Many issues in the region at this time used her likeness in an attempt to flatter her, and this particular portrait closely resembles an actual issue in the name of Cleopatra struck by Agias Lysonos also at Patrae, BCD Peloponnesos 531.