434, Lot: 31. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Oitaioi. Circa 167-146 BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 2.23 g, 1h). Reduced standard. Herakleia Trachinia mint. Head of lion left, with spear in jaws / ΟΙΤΑI-ΩΝ, Herakles standing facing, holding club. Valassiadis 8–9; BCD Thessaly II 494; HGC 4, 133. VF, darkly toned, off center and area of flat strike on obverse, a few light marks on reverse.
From the BCD Collection, purchased from A. H. Baldwin, January 1974.