Lakonia, Lakedaimon (Sparta) AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 80-60/50 BC. Laureate head of Herakles to right / Amphora entwined with serpent between the pilei of the Dioskouroi; Λ-A across central field, monograms to lower left and right; all within wreath. Grunauer Group VIII, series 23, 124 = SNG Lockett 2492; BCD Peloponnesos 881-882; HGC 5, 612. 2.34g, 18mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine; struck from a worn obverse die. Extremely Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, inventory no. 790104;
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales, old collector's ticket included);
Ex Münzhandlung Schulten & Co. GmbH, Auction 20 October 1988, lot 344.