Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 1189. Estimate CHF200. Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011. Sold For CHF1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Magnetes. Circa 30-27 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 22mm, 5.02 g 12). Laureate head of Asklepios to right.
Rev. ΜΑΓΝ - ΗΤΩΝ Asklepios seated left on throne, holding staff in his left hand and extending phiale with his right hand to feed snake coiled before him. Rogers 354 and fig. 177 (
same dies). Brown patina. Good very fine.
A note from BCD: A rare coin in any condition; this one is particularly well preserved and struck for the issue.