Triton XV, Lot: 827. Estimate $150. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Thessalian League. Late 2nd – mid 1st century BC. AR Stater (24mm, 5.96 g, 12h). Alketes and Sosipatros, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath / ΘEΣΣA/ΛΩN, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm; AΛ-KETOY above spear, monogram in inner right field, [Σ]ΩΣIΠAT[POΣ] in exergue. Klose p. 341, 17 (reverse incorrectly illustrated for no. 16 on p. 347). Near EF, sharp strike with underlying mint bloom.