Triton XVI, Lot: 326. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Lamia. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.67 g, 11h). Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath / Amphora; ivy leaf above,
prochous (small jug) to right, ΛAMIE-ΩN at sides. Georgiou,
Mint 6; BCD Thessaly II 123; SNG Copenhagen 77. VF, attractive old cabinet toning, slight roughness and granularity.
From the BCD Collection, purchased privately from an English dealer, May 1979. Ex L.G. Schlesinger y Guzman Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 July 1914), lot 53.