Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4625 Session 16 (9:30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $300
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SOLD $400
THESSALY, Cretan Mercenaries (Rhodes), (175-170 B.C.), Pseudo-Rhodian drachm, (2.61 g), 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 light patina, good extremely fine and scarce.
Ex Spink Noble Numismatics Sale 39 (lot 1428) and previously Larissa 1968 Hoard (found Sitochoro, north-east of Pharsala) in Greece.
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