ACHAIA, Achaian League. Pheneos. Circa 160-146 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.37 g, 3h). Laureate head of Zeus right / AX monogram; E-Y flanking, kerykeion below; all within wreath. Clerk 221; BCD Peloponnesos 1632 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen -. Good Fine, lightly toned, partial flat strike. Extremely rare.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1632.

The coinage of Pheneos is the rarest among the Achaian League types.

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