Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 1264. Estimate CHF300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011.  Sold For CHF850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Phaloria. Circa 302-286 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 18mm, 3.70 g 4). Head of nymph to right, wearing earring. Rev. ΦΑΛΩΡΑ - ΣΤΩΝ Wolf at bay to right. Apparently unpublished and unique. Olive-green patina. Very fine.

The wolf on this coin is immediately reminiscent of the one found on some of the later bronze issues of Argos.