Further Selections from the BCD Collection

370, Lot: 53. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Ainianes. Circa 350s-340s BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.56 g, 12h). Hypata mint. Laureate head of Zeus left / AINIAN-ΩΝ, the hero Phemios standing right, holding petasos and drapery, preparing to hurl javelin. Liampi, Beitrag Group I; BCD Thessaly I 1013 (same rev. die); BCD Thessaly II 27 (same dies); HGC 4, 38. Near VF, lightly toned, minor porosity.

From the BCD Collection (purchased from A. H. Baldwin, January 1977, for £70).