Triton XV, Lot: 838. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Thessalian League. Late 2nd – mid 1st century BC. Æ Trichalkon (19mm, 7.62 g, 12h). Thra..., magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / [Θ]EΣΣA/ΛΩN, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm; above spear, ΘPA to left, owl standing right to right. Rogers 20; see also Nomos 4, 1385.1. VF, dark green patina, small chip in the patina between 1 and 2.
Surely the same magistrate (ΘPAΣYΛOΣ) as on the silver staters (see lots 837 above, and 857.3–5 and 858.1–4, below).