290, Lot: 131. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Trikka. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. Æ Trichalkon (20mm, 8.66 g, 6h). Head of the nymph Trikke right, wearing earring and necklace / TPIKKAI-Ω[N], Asklepios seated right on stool, holding staff over shoulder in left hand and dove by wings in his right hand with which he feeds a coiled serpent. Rogers 556; BCD Thessaly II 788 var. (slightly different stool on rev.). Near VF, dark greenish-brown patina, reverse a bit rough.
From the BCD Collection.