Triton XV, Lot: 125. Estimate $125. Sold for $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Lamia. Last quarter of the 4th century BC. Æ Chalkous (14mm, 1.75 g, 6h). Head of Athena to r., wearing necklace and Corinthian helmet / ΜΑΛΙΕΩΝ l. up, Philoktetes, naked, standing r., shooting with his bow at birds, one of which falls before him; below r., quiver. Georgiou, Mint, p. 164 and pl. 2, 16 (period B, AE group IV); Rogers 384, fig. 197. Good VF, reddish brown and green patina.

This writer fully agrees with ASW’s note in Nomos 4, 1093, that these coins should be dated later than the middle of the 4th century BC. See BCD Lokris-Phokis (NAC 55) 112.1, one of the many examples of contemporary Lokri bronzes with an obverse that bears a close resemblance to the obverse of this coin. These bronzes are independently dated by Diana Delbridge, who is currently working on their corpus, to the last quarter of the century.