290, Lot: 132. Estimate $150. Sold for $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Trikka. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. Æ Dichalkon (16mm, 3.17 g, 9h). Head of the nymph Trikke right, wearing earring and necklace / [T]PIK-KAIEN (sic), 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. BCD Thessaly II 789 (same rev. die); otherwise unpublished. Near VF, brown patina with some scattered areas of red. Extremely rare in this denomination.

From the BCD Collection.