366, Lot: 640. Estimate $75. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diassarion (21mm, 3.94 g, 7h). Nikomachos,
strategos. Struck circa AD 123-125. ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝ ΚΑΙCΑΡΑ ΘЄCCΑΛΟΙ, laureate head right, with slight drapery / O[X] NIK OMAXOY, Minerva standing right, holding shield and preparing to hurl spear; monogram at beginning of legend. Burrer Em. 1, 36.1 corr. (A9/R29 – this coin; rectangular
epsilons and
chi with crossbar); cf. BCD Thessaly I 1409 (bust type, attributed as assarion); BCD Thessaly II 952.1-3; RPC III 452. Near VF, light green patina.
From the BCD Collection.