Lavva Plate Coin
412, Lot: 145. Estimate $150. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Pharsalos. Late 5th-mid 4th century BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 6.00 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right, sphinx on bowl; T/Θ behind neck guard / Φ-A/P-[Σ] (partially retrograde), warrior on horseback rearing right, wearing petasos and holding mace. Lavva 144i (V68/R84 –
this coin, illustrated); BCD Thessaly II 645 (same dies); HGC 4, 626. VF, toned, some roughness, banker’s mark on reverse.
From the BCD Collection. Ex Robert L. Grover Collection (Superior, 12 June 1986), lot 1639 (part of); Myers 5 (15 March 1973), lot 116.