349, Lot: 49. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-337 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (20mm, 9.13 g, 3h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left / ΛAPI Σ/AΩIN [
sic] around from upper left (N retrograde), bridled horse trotting right; below, grain ear upward to left. Rogers 279 var. (spelling of ethnic); cf. BCD Thessaly II 387.5 (grain ear right, spelling of ethnic); HGC 4, 517. Good VF, green patina. A reversal of the
iota and
omega resulted in this interesting misspelling of the ethnic..
From the BCD Collection.