Two Extremely Rare Issues from Proerna

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 438. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Proerna. 3rd century BC. Æ 12mm (2.55 g, 12h). Head of nymph facing slightly right / Demeter standing left, holding two grain ears and long torch; Φ to left. Rogers 534; Moustaka 91; SNG Copenhagen 248. Near VF, dark green, almost black, patina. Extremely rare.