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311, Lot: 252. Estimate $150.
Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Phalanna. Mid 4th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.65 g, 9h). Youthful male head right / [ΦAΛANN]AIΩN, head of nymph right, with hair in sakkos, wearing earring and necklace. Papaevangelou-Genakos 4; BCD Thessaly II 572 (same obv. die); BCD Thessaly I 1252.2 (same obv. die). VF, toned, porosity. Very rare.


From the BCD Collection.

A note from BCD from the Triton sale: As already mentioned in the BCD note to lot 1252 of Nomos 4, these obols, when found, tend to be in really poor condition, not because of excessive circulation but mainly due to surface erosion. The same applies to the majority, if not the entirety, of Thessalian silver fractions as they are very rarely found in hoards but instead, because they were lost singly and individually, have been exposed to the elements or the chemical fertilizers that are widely used in modern agriculture.