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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1163

Thessaly, Thessalian League, AR Stater (2): i) Thrasylos, Hera and Pausanias, magistrates, struck c. 196-146 BC, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. THESSA-LON/PAUS-ANIAS/N-I, Athena Itonia advancing right, hurling spear, holding shield, 6.22g (McClean 4778; cf. BMC Thessaly pg. 1, 9; SNG Copenhagen 275; BCD Thessaly II, 837), slight crack to edge of flan, otherwise residually lustrous, great portrait, about extremely fine; ii) another, Sosipatros, Gorgopas and Ni..., magistrates, obverse as before, rev. as before but SOSI-PATROS/NI/GORGONAS as legend, (BCD II 862.3. HGC 4, 209), excellent portrait, obverse extremely fine, reverse double-struck, about very fine; (2).

Provenance

i) Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 66, 19 May 2004, lot 350

ii) Idem., Triton VII, 12 January 2004, lot 192

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Sold for
£300

Starting price
£200