299, Lot: 52. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Diassarion (22mm, 4.51 g, 11h). [AY ΛO] CЄΠT CЄBHPO[C], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KOINO-N ΘЄCCAΛωN, warrior advancing right, holding sword or spear in his right hand, shield on left arm. Burrer, MA-G 14 = BCD Thessaly II 967.5; Rogers 100. Fine, rough black patina. Very rare.

From the BCD Collection.

From the same obverse die as lots 50 and 51.