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105, Lot: 32. Estimate $200.
Sold for $151. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Thessalian League. 196-146 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 6.16 gm). Sosipatros and Gorgopas, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / Athena Itonia advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield; small N-I flanking Athena. Cf. McClean 4873; BMC Thessaly pg. 3, 25 var. (no N-I); SNG Copenhagen 295 var. (same). EF, light porosity.

This denomination has traditionally been called a "double victoriatus." We are grateful to Yiannis Stoyas for informing us that the correct term is "stater," as attested to in a number of inscriptions from the time .