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311, Lot: 206. Estimate $150.
Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Methylion. 4th century BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.71 g, 6h). [EY]P, Nike advancing left, holding tainia in both hands / [ME]ΘY[Λ]–[IE–IΩN], warrior seen partly from rear, nude but for Corinthian helmet, advancing left, holding shield in left hand and spear in right. Heyman 3 = Boston MFA 909 (same dies); BCD Thessaly II 466 (same dies). Fine, corroded surfaces. Typical grade for this extremely rare issue.


From the BCD Colleciton.

A note from BCD from the Triton sale: Schwabacher in NC 1939, pp. 10-12, describes one more of these coins that he saw in the Athens market in 1937, and illustrates it on pl. I, 13. It appears to be from the same dies as this coin. The letters on the obv. could be, according to Schwabacher, an epithet of Nike or of the games where she will crown the victor.