The Jim Duncan Collection
Lot 1983 Session 7 (11.30am Thursday) The Jim Duncan Collection
Estimate $200
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SOLD $320
THESSALY, Cretan Mercenaries (Rhodes), (175-170 B.C.), Pseudo-Rhodian drachm, (2.62 grams), obv. head of Helios three quarter facing to right, rev. rose with bud on right stalk dividing I **W*, above EPMIA**S*. (cf.S.5050, Price 'The Larissa 1968 hoard' (Kraay-Morkholm Essays pp.241-2), Nos. 247-1075 [includes this coin], SNG Finland 793-5). As struck with trace of a golden patina, good extremely fine and scarce.
Ex Antiquarius, New Zealand with their ticket and previously Larissa 1968 Hoard (found Sitochoro, north-east of Pharsala) in Greece.
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