Triton XVI, Lot: 369. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Thebai. Early 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.63 g, 11h). Head of Demeter right, wearing veil and grain ears in hair / Protesilaos standing right, holding sword in right hand, shield on left arm; to left, ΘHBAIΩИ above prow right; waves below. BCD Thessaly II 759/758 (for obv./rev. dies); SNG Copenhagen 259. VF, light iridescent toning, minor earthen deposits on obverse.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Glendining (23 April 1970), lot 71 (part of).