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Triton XVI, Lot: 350. Estimate $500.
Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Metropolis. Early 4th century BC. AR Obol (12mm, 1.19 g, 9h). Head of Aphrodite Kastnia facing slightly left, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace; to left, dove flying upwards; to right, Eros flying upwards to crown her with wreath held in extended left hand / Apollo Musegetes, wearing long robes and with chlamys over his shoulders, walking right, right hand playing lyre held in his left; MHTPO[ΠO-ΛITΩN] around. BCD Thessaly II 475 (same rev. die); Jameson 2470 (same rev. die). Near VF, toned, light granularity, rough surfaces around periphery of both sides. Rare.


From the BCD Collection.