290, Lot: 78. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Phalanna. Circa 340s BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.94 g, 6h). Youthful male head right / ΦAΛA-NN-AIΩN, bridled horse right; sideways grape bunch and monogram below. BCD Thessaly II 581 (same dies). Near VF, toned, corroded surfaces. This issue only known from a single pair of dies.
From the BCD Collection.
For BCD’s dating of this issue to the 220s BC, see his note following BCD Thessaly II, lot 581.