311, Lot: 213. Estimate $100. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Mopsion. Circa 350-300 BC. Æ Trichalkon (20mm, 8.23 g, 2h). Laureate head of Zeus facing slightly right; vertical thunderbolt to right / [MO]Ψ–[EI–ΩN], the Lapith Mopsos, nude, standing facing, head right, about to strike with club a centaur rearing left, holding above head a boulder which he is about to hurl. Rogers 412; BCD Thessaly II 484. Near VF, brown patina, rough surfaces.
From the BCD Collection.