Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. Lot of 6 coins.

Triton XV, Lot: 951. Estimate $200. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of 6 coins.

(951.1) THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diassarion (20mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Nikomachos, strategos. [AΔPIAN]ON KAICAPA ΘЄCCAΛOI, laureate and draped bust right / (monogram)OX NIK-OMAXOY, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm. Burrer Em. 1, Series 1, 17.3 corr. (A3/R16 – this coin; Є not E, X not X). Good Fine, dark green patina.

Burrer makes two small errors throughout this series: the E is always Є in the obverse legend, and the X in the reverse legend often appears as X.

(951.2) THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diassarion (20mm, 4.72 g, 6h). Nikomachos, strategos. AΔPIANON KAICAPA ΘЄCCAΛ-OI, laureate and draped bust right / [(monogram)]OX NIK-OMAXOY, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm. Burrer Em. 1, Series 1, 19.1 corr. (A4/R16a – this coin, obv. illustrated on pl. 16; Є not E, X not X). Near VF, green patina, some red.


(951.3) THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diassarion (20mm, 4.28 g, 6h). Nikomachos, strategos. AΔPIANON KAICAPA ΘЄCCA[ΛOI], laureate head right / (monogram)OX NIK-OMAXOY, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm. Burrer Em. 1, Series 1, 33.1 corr. (A8/R28 – this coin, rev. illustrated on pl. 17; Є not E, X not X). VF, green patina.


(951.4) THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diassarion (20mm, 4.79 g, 6h). Nikomachos, strategos. [AΔP]IANON KAICAPA ΘЄCCA[ΛOI], laureate and draped bust right / (monogram)[OX] NIK-OMAXO[Y], Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm. Burrer Em. 1, Series 1, 45.1 corr. (A11/R34 – this coin, illustrated on pls. 16-7; Є not E, X not X). Good Fine, green patina, slight roughness.


(951.5) THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diassarion (21mm, 4.06 g, 6h). Nikomachos, strategos. AΔPIANON KAICAPA ΘЄCCAΛOI, laureate head right / (monogram)OX NIK-OMAXOY, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm. Burrer Em. 1, Series 1, 65.1 corr. (A14/R35 – this coin; Є not E). Good Fine, green patina.

Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, December 1974 (£4). Ex Rev. Edgar Rogers Collection, with his ticket.

To this collector the Rogers ticket was worth much more than the coin and was always fondly contemplated; an imaginary link with a very different past when there were far fewer Thessalian bronzes around while scholars and collectors studying them had much more time at their disposal.

(951.6) THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diassarion (20mm, 5.80 g, 6h). Nikomachos, strategos. AΔPIANON KAICAPA ΘЄCCAΛOI, laureate bust right, wearing drapery on far shoulder / (monogram)OX NIKO-MAXOY, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm. Burrer Em. 1, Series 1, 73.1 corr. (A15a/R52 – this coin; Є not E). Good Fine, green patina.