436, Lot: 154. Estimate $75. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Magnetes. Mid 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (21mm, 7.95 g, 6h). Demetrias mint. Laureate head of Zeus left / ΜΑΓΝΗTΩΝ, the centaur Chiron advancing right, holding branch; dolphin below. Rogers 346a corr. var. [on p. 110 Rogers’ numbering should be corrected from 356a to 346a; also, the dolphin symbol is not mentioned in Rogers]; BCD Thessaly II 420.5; HGC 4, 65. Good VF, red-brown patina, some die wear. Well struck.
From the BCD Collection.