292, Lot: 42. Estimate $100. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (13mm, 1.07 g, 9h). Small, round shield with dotted border, having as a central device a bull’s hoof to right; all within circle of dots / Λ-A above (retrograde), PI downward to left, laureate and draped bust of Asklepios right; before him, coiled snake to right; all within shallow incuse square . BCD Thessaly II 365.4 corr. (second coin from left, mislabeled 365.3; same dies). Fine/Near VF, toned, porous.
From the BCD Collection.