Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 120. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Pelinna. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Drachm (6.17 g, 3h). Horseman, wearing petasos and holding lance, riding right; small IΔ below / Warrior, wearing petasos and shield on right arm, and holding two javelins in his left hand, preparing to throw javelin left; [ΠE]ΛIN[NA] to left; all in incuse square. Moustaka 142a (same obv. die as illustration); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München 133; BMC 4; Traité IV 528. Good VF, light graffito (K) in field on reverse. Exceptional quality for issue, among the finest known of this very rare issue.
Except for the example shown in Moustaka, the other coins are so worn that it is not possible to verify if the small IΔ is present on their obverses.