342, Lot: 186. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Thebai. Early 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.61 g, 12h). Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath / Protesilaos right, holding shield and sword and stepping off prow of galley to left; ΘHBAIΩN around from lower left. BCD Thessaly II 759 (same obv. die). Near VF, toned.

From the BCD Collection (acquired from Baldwin’s, November 1969, for £10).