402, Lot: 96. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Oitaioi. Circa 360-344 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.39 g, 12h). Herakleia Trachinia mint. Head of lion left, with spear in jaws / [OI]T-AΩ[N] (retrograde), Herakles standing facing, holding club. Valassiadis 1; BCD Thessaly I 1211; BCD Thessaly II 487; HGC 4, 129. Near VF, toned.

From the BCD Collection (purchased from Seaby’s, October 1977, for £45).