THESSALY, Mopsion. Circa 350-300 BC. Æ Trichalkon (19mm, 7.57 g, 10h). Good Fine.

Electronic Auction 531 – Session 1
Lot: 97. Estimated: $ 300

Greek, Bronze

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THESSALY, Mopsion. Circa 350-300 BC. Æ Trichalkon (19mm, 7.57 g, 10h). Laureate head of Zeus facing slightly right; [vertical thunderbolt to right] / The Lapith Mopsos, nude, standing facing, head right, about to strike with club a centaur rearing left, holding above head a boulder which he is about to hurl. Rogers 412; BCD Thessaly II 484; HGC 4, 537. Rough brown surfaces. Good Fine.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 183 (5 March 2008), lot 46.

Mopsion, a small town situated on a hill between Larissa and Tempe, was named after Mopsos, the son of Amphykos. He was gifted with the power to understand the speech of birds, and traveled with Jason and the Argonauts as their seer. Mopsos met his death in Libya when he was bitten by a poisonous serpent that had sprung from the blood of Medusa's head.

Closing Date and Time: 25 January 2023 at 10:32:00 ET.

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