CNG 90, Lot: 128. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Orthe. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. Æ Chalkous (14mm, 2.75 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Forepart of horse right springing from rock upon which grows olive bushes; all within olive wreath. Rogers 422; BCD Thessaly II 501.1. Near EF, dark green and red patina. A bold and clear strike.

From the BCD Collection.

This coin is struck from the same obverse die as BCD Thessaly II 501.2, which is the same type, but the reverse type is not in a wreath.