389, Lot: 147. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Thessalian League. Late 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC. AR Stater (22mm, 5.90 g, 12h). Arnia(s) and Hegesaretos, magistrate. Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath / ΘEΣΣA-ΛΩN, Athena Itonia right; above spear, AP-NIA flanked by stars; monogram to inner right, HΓHΣAPE[TOΣ] in exergue. BCD Thessaly II 868.1 var. (slightly different monogram); HGC 4, 209. Good VF, toned, light porosity.

From the BCD Collection.

Hegesaretos of Larissa was a prominent Thessalian who was a partisan of Pompey. Other than that he was active in the years 63-49 BC, little is known of him today. He was mentioned by both Caesar and Cicero (Caes., BC III, 35, 2, and Cic., Ad. fam., XVI, 25), and his name appears on a few Thessalian League staters.