CNG 90, Lot: 237. Estimate $2000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off THESSALY, Skyros. Circa 485-480 BC. AR Didrachm (24mm, 8.01 g). Two long horned and bearded goats, opposed vertically, back to back, with their heads turned inwards and their legs extended; between them, five-lobed fig leaf / Stellate design composed of a large central globule surrounded by four smaller ones and by two rays (towards upper left and lower right) and two three-lobed fig leaves (towards upper right and lower left); all within incuse square. Balcer, Archaic 7-18 corr. (A6-7/P4; A6 and A7 are the same die, however it was recut at some point prior to striking this coin); BCD Thessaly II 809 (same dies, struck before the obv. die was recut); HGC 6, 416. VF, toned, some scratches and roughness beneath tone, usual die breaks on reverse. Very rare.

From the BCD Collection.