290, Lot: 64. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Pelinna. Circa 425-350 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.60 g, 9h). Thessalian cavalryman on horseback left, wearing petasos and chiton, holding spear pointing backwards; AI above, A (very faint) below / [Π]EΛΙИИAIEΩИ upward to left, warrior, wearing petasos, chiton, and scabbard with sword, advancing left, head right, holding spear in right hand, shield and a second spear in left; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 510 (same dies). Good Fine, porous, reverse slightly off center.
From the BCD Collection.