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Details
LOT 3114
Akarnania, Anaktorion AR Stater. Circa 350-300 BC.
Pegasos flying to left; below, monogram of AN / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; above visor, KΛE; below, monogram of AΓ; behind, monogram of AN and filleted bucranium. BCD Akarnania 86; Calciati 71; Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 92; HGC 4, 763. Very Fine. Toned.(8.16gr, 23mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
