299, Lot: 47. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Diassarion (26mm, 9.67 g, 2h). ΦAY[CT]ЄINA CЄBACTH, draped bust right / KOINON ΘЄCCAΛωN, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm. Burrer,
MA-G 6; BCD Thessaly II 965 (same obv. die; hammer of $500); Rogers 98, fig. 38 (same obv. die). VF, green patina, even roughness, lamination flaw before bust.
From the BCD Collection.