294, Lot: 141. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Oitaioi. Circa 167-146 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.25 g, 12h). Head of lion left, spear in jaws / Herakles standing facing, holding club. Valassiadis 7; BCD Thessaly II 494. VF, toned, area of weak strike on obverse, light edge scrape under tone on reverse.

Ex Robert and Julius Diez Collection (Lanz 151, 30 June 2011), lot 64; Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part III, J. Hirsch XXV, 29 November 1909), lot 668 (part of).