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Third Known ‘ΠΛEI’ Obol

425, Lot: 96. Estimate $100.
Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 365-356 BC. AR Obol (10.5mm, 0.87 g, 8h). Head of the nymph Larissa right / ΛΑP[I], bull charging right; [ΠΛEI in exergue]. BCD Thessaly II 275; HGC 4, 508. Good Fine, toned, granular surfaces. Extremely rare, the third known.


From the BCD Collection.

A note from BCD from the Triton sale: “Mr. ΠΛΕΙ (if we can call him that) made sure that the whole range of the most popular silver denominations was struck in his name; it would be nice if a ΠΛΕΙ stater turned up (although the assumed chronology for this fascinating series is a little too early for staters). This writer does not expect a hemiobol either as there would be no room for both the ethnic and ΠΛΕΙ on the reverse.”