96, Lot: 101. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Thessalonica. Circa 48 BC. Æ 14mm (3.41 gm). Veiled head right / Foundation scene, priest plowing right with two oxen. Touratsoglou -; RPC I pg. 297; AMNG III 27 var. (priest plowing left); BMC Macedon -; SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, dark green patina, light scratches on reverse.

This coin commemorates Pompey's acquisition of land at Thessalonica in 48 BC.