The Kestrosphendone - Secret Weapon of the Third Macedonian War
405, Lot: 113. Estimate $75. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Thessalian League. Circa 170 BC. Æ Chalkous (14mm, 3.22 g). Macedonian shield with star in center / ΘEΣΣA-ΛΩN around from upper left, dart–sling (κεστροσφενδóνη) with dart inside. Warren, “Two Notes on Thessalian Coins,”
NC 1961, pl. I, 11; Rogers 4 var. (arrangement of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 24.2; HGC 4, 236. VF, dark green patina.
From the BCD Collection.