Lot 4946

Description

Peloponnesos, Argolis, Epidauros, silver triobol, (c.late 250’s B.C.), (2.74 grams), obv. laureate head of Asklepios to left, E behind head rev. **EP* monogram within laurel wreath, (cf.S.2810 [Å“200], BCD [LHS 96] 1237, Requier [SNR Vol.72, 1992] Series 3, D1/R1, Winterhur 2225). Toned, overstruck on a hemidrachm of Phlious, [**F* visible in the undertype], slightly off centre on reverse, otherwise good very fine and rare, with tickets.

Ex BCD Collection not in catalogues, acquired from Myers-Adams Auction Sale 11, 11th April 1975. (lot 113 for US$420). The original Phlious reverse with **F* within wreath can be easily seen underneath the present reverse type. The several examples in the BCD LHS Sale all exhibited the same overstriking.