381, Lot: 130. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Thebai. Early 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.52 g, 12h). Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath / ΘHBAIΩИ, Protesilaos right, holding shield and sword, and stepping off prow of galley to left. BCD Thessaly I 1347 corr. (same dies; retrograde И not mentioned); BCD Thessaly II 758 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 30 (same dies as illustration). VF, toned, some granularity.

From the BCD Collection.