423, Lot: 117. Estimate $75. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Orthe. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. Æ Trichalkon (21mm, 8.66 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Athena right / ΟΡΘΙΕΙΩΝ, forepart of horse emerging right from rocks from which grows an olive tree; all within wreath. Georgiou,
Coinage, 3rd Period, 50 (O18/R27); Rogers 441; BCD Thessaly II 500; HGC 4, 697. VF, rough dark green patina.
From the BCD Collection, purchased from Sotheby & Co., October 1993.