311, Lot: 87. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Lamia. Circa 400-350 BC. Æ Chalkous (15mm, 1.68 g, 6h). Head of the nymph Lamia right, wearing earring and necklace / [ΛA]MIE–ΩN, Philoktetes kneeling right, shooting bow at birds, one of which falls before him; a second fallen bird between his legs, quiver to left. Georgiou, Mint 14; Rogers (Malia) 388; BCD Thessaly II 128.1; BCD Thessaly I 1091 (hammer of CHF 670). Near VF, dark green patina, minor flan crack.

From the BCD Collection. Privately purchased from Brian Kritt, February 1987.