Two Rare Island Issues

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 424. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off THESSALY, Peparethos. Circa 361-340 BC. Æ 15mm (2.60 g, 10h). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / Kantharos; three bunches of grapes on vine around. Rogers 559; SNG Copenhagen 359. VF, dark green patina, with spots of light green and dark red.

From the Christopher Morcom Collection. Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection.