Very Rare Island Issue

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 449. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off THESSALY, Peparethos. Circa 361-340 BC. Æ 14mm (1.87 g, 10h). Bearded head of Dionysos right / Kantharos wreathed with vine tendrils with grape bunches and ivy leaf. Rogers 559; SNG Copenhagen 270-2. Near VF, dark green patina, hairline flan crack. Very rare, and better condition than the three examples in CoinArchives.