299, Lot: 27. Estimate $150. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. temp. Claudius(?). AD 41-54. Æ Assarion (17mm, 3.36 g, 12h). Lykos, strategos(?). ΛY-KOY, helmeted head of Athena right / ΘEΣΣ-A-Λ-ΩИ, horse trotting right. Burrer –; BCD Thessaly II 930.2 (same dies); RPC Supp. S-1438C.2 (this coin cited). Near VF, dark green, almost black, patina. One of only three cited in the RPC supplement.

From the BCD Collection.

As this magistrate is only known from this issue and that of the previous lot, dating is problematic. RPC tentatively gives the issue to Claudius based on the frequent appearance of retrograde letters on the League coinage of the ruler.