Lot 4304

Description

Peloponnesos, Achaia, Patrai, (c.31 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.26 g), issued in the name of Agys, son of Aischrion as magistrate, obv. laureate head of Zeus to right, dotted border, rev. A**G*VC/AI-CXPI/WNOC in three lines around **PA* monogram, all within elaborately bound laurel wreath with ties above and two rostra below, (S.2962, BCD Peloponnesos 534-6, HGC 5,58, BMC 1 [p.10]). Attractive blue and red toning, extremely fine and scarce.