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345, Lot: 405. Estimate $75.
Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Tetrassarion (28mm, 10.88 g, 2h). ΓAIOV OV MA[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [K]OINON Θ-ЄCCAΛΩN, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm; tiny star. Burrer, MA-G 42 var. (star before bust; rev. legend unclear); BCD Thessaly II 983 var. (star before bust, arrangement of rev. legend) and 985.1 var. (obv. legend, arrangement of rev. legend, star behind Athena[?]); Rogers 118 var. (obv. legend, arrangement of rev. legend, star behind Athena). Fine, brown patina, light roughness.


From the BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales; purchased from Frank Kovacs, December 1983, for $125).