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NYINC Signature Sale 3037 Sess. 2-4 5 January 2015
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ACARNANIA. Federal Confederacy. Ca. 250-200 BC. AR stater (27mm, 10.08 gm, 6h). Leucas mint, Lykourgos, magistrate. Head of river god Achelous as a horned man-faced bull right; monogram behind / Apollo seated left, holding bow; AKAPNANON to right, ΘE monogram (reverted) to left. BCD Akarnania 17. SNG Copenhagen 418. Well-struck and displaying fine old collection toning. NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style.From The California Collection.Achelous was the Greek patron deity of the largest river in Greece. Like other river deities, he is usually depicted as a man-faced bull, with a particularly sensitive rendering on this tetradrachm of the Acarnanian Confederacy, a multi-city league on the southern Illyrian coast. While usually seen as benevolent, Achelous battled Heracles for the favors of the beautiful nymph Deianeira and lost one of his horns in the match; he had to trade one of the horns of the Amalthean Goat to get it back.
Estimate: 2000-2800 USD
ACARNANIA. Federal Confederacy. Ca. 250-200 BC. AR stater (27mm, 10.08 gm, 6h). Leucas mint, Lykourgos, magistrate. Head of river god Achelous as a horned man-faced bull right; monogram behind / Apollo seated left, holding bow; AKAPNANON to right, ΘE monogram (reverted) to left. BCD Akarnania 17. SNG Copenhagen 418. Well-struck and displaying fine old collection toning. NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style.From The California Collection.Achelous was the Greek patron deity of the largest river in Greece. Like other river deities, he is usually depicted as a man-faced bull, with a particularly sensitive rendering on this tetradrachm of the Acarnanian Confederacy, a multi-city league on the southern Illyrian coast. While usually seen as benevolent, Achelous battled Heracles for the favors of the beautiful nymph Deianeira and lost one of his horns in the match; he had to trade one of the horns of the Amalthean Goat to get it back.
Estimate: 2000-2800 USD