Ex Virgil Brand

399, Lot: 150. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Thessalian League. Late 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.26 g, 12h). Alketas, Sosipatros, and Xe–, magistrates. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; [monogram] behind / Bridled horse prancing right; AΛKE/TOY above, ΞE below, ΣOΣIΠATPOΣ in exergue. BCD Thessaly 829; HGC 4, 829. Good VF, toned. Very rare variety.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 5, Sotheby’s, 1 February 1984), lot 126.