Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3659 Session 12 (11.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $150
THESSALY, Cretan Mercenaries, (Rhodes), (175-170 B.C.), silver drachm, (2.70 gm), obv. Helios facing head slightly to right, rev. rose, club to left, **[I W]* across field, above Magistrate name **ERMI[AS]*, (cf.S.5050, Price 'The Larissa 1968 hoard' (Kraay-Morkholm Essays, pp.241-2) Nos.247-1075 [includes this coin], SNG Finland [Keckmann 793-5]). Attractive and as struck, extremely fine/good very fine. scarce.
Ex Larissa 1968 Hoard (found Sitochoro, north-east of Pharsala) and acquired from Antiquarius, New Zealand, April 1984 and later from Noble Numismatics Sale 78 (lot 4999).
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