Triton XVI, Lot: 368. Estimate $300. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Thebai. Early 3rd century BC. AR Tetrobol (17mm, 3.96 g, 10h). Head of Demeter left, wearing veil and grain ears in hair / Protesilaos standing right, holding sword in right hand, shield on left arm; to left, [ΘHB]AI[ΩN] above prow right. BCD Thessaly II 764; SNG Delepierre 1153. Near VF, toned, minor porosity, small area of roughness at edge on obverse. Very rare.
From the BCD Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXVIII.11 (November 1970), no. 12392.