398, Lot: 102. Estimate $75. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Metropolis. 3rd century BC. Æ Trichalkon (20mm, 8.40 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / [MHTPOΠOΛΙ]TΩN, Aphrodite Kastnia standing left, holding dove and resting elbow upon column to right; to left, another dove flying left. BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 482.2; HGC 4, –. VF, green patina, some roughness. Extremely rare with a second dove on the reverse.
From the BCD Collection.