Sale: Nomos 7, Lot: 72. Estimate CHF1500.  Closing Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2013.  Sold For CHF1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Methylion. Circa 465-460 BC. Obol (Silver, 0.91 g 5). Horse’s head to left. Rev. ΜΕ - ΘV Barley grain in opening pod, shown upwards, diagonally placed in a shallow incuse square. Nomos 4 (BCD) 1201 and Triton XV (BCD) 463.2 (same dies); otherwise, unpublished. Extremely rare, one of three or four known examples. Slightly rough surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.