Rare Island Issue

CNG 87, Lot: 430. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off THESSALY, Ikos. 4th century BC. Æ Chalkous (14mm, 2.59 g, 9h). Wreathed head of Poseidon right / Trident head; dolphins flanking. Rogers 558 (same dies); BCD Thessaly 1362 = Lindgren II 1417 (same dies); HGC 6, 397. Near VF, black patina, some roughness. Extremely rare.