170, Lot: 49. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Thessalian League. Circa 196-27 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.99 g). Laureate head of Zeus right; HP monogram behind / Athena Itonia standing right, holding spear and shield; HG monogram to right. Cf. McClean 4978 (monograms); cf. SNG Copenhagen 305 (same); BMC Thessaly p. 4, 46. VF, lightly toned, some edge corrosion. Rare denomination.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group E103, lot 49.

The reverse die was re-worked from the POLU issue of McClean 4978 and SNG Copenhagen 305; the erased P can faintly be seen in the inner left field behind Athena.