Very Rare Pelinna Drachm

489953.

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THESSALY, Pelinna. Circa 425-350 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.20 g, 10h). Rider on horseback left, wearing petasos and chlamys, holding spear pointing backwards; AI above, A below / [ΠEΛIИИAIEΩИ upward to left, warrior, wearing petasos, chiton, and scabbard with sword, advancing left, head right, holding spear in right hand, shield and a second spear in left; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly I 1226 (this coin); BCD Thessaly II 510 (same dies); Traité IV 527, pl. CCXC, 15; HGC 4, 263 (this coin cited and illustrated). Near EF, minor marks and roughness. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (Nomos 4, 10 May 2011), lot 1226.