Rare Metropolis Trihemiobol

399, Lot: 118. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Metropolis. Early 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (13mm, 1.29 g, 3h). Head of Aphrodite Kastnia facing slightly left; dove to left, crowning Eros to right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠ[Ο]-[ΛΙ]ΤΩΝ, Apollo Musegetes advancing right, playing lyre. BCD Thessaly II 475; HGC 4, 252. Near VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXVII.9 (September 1969), no. 6058.

A note from BCD from the Triton sale: Ambitioius subjects for both obverse and reverse, engraved with flair and ingenuity...these fourth century small coins of minor Thessalian cities, minted for prestige rather than economic reasons, are a delight to the senses and never cease to amaze us with their ingeniously chosen and masterfully executed iconography.”