290, Lot: 48. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Metropolis. Early 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 1.20 g, 12h). Head of Aphrodite Kastnia facing slightly left, wearing earrings and necklace; to left, dove flying upwards; to right, Eros flying upwards to crown her / [M]HTPO[ΠO] upwards to left, [ΛI]TΩN downwards to right, Apollo Musegetes, robed and with chlamys over shoulders, advancing right, holding lyre which he is playing. BCD Thessaly II 475 (hammer of $1700). Fine, toned, crystallized surfaces, chipped. Rare.

From the BCD Collection.