299, Lot: 49. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Tetrassarion (27mm, 10.78 g, 5h). AY Λ CЄΠ CЄBHP[OC Π], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [KOINON] ΘЄCCAΛωN, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm. Burrer, MA-G 8 var.; BCD Thessaly II 967.1 var.; BCD Thessaly I –; Rogers 99 var. Fine, brown patina. Unpublished with this obv. legend and bust type?

From the BCD Collection.

This obverse die was also used for the seemingly unique dynastic tetrassarion of Septimius and Geta (Burrer 9 = BCD Thessaly II 968).