Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3253 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $350
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THESSALY, Cretan Mercenaries (Rhodes), (175-170 B.C.), Pseudo-Rhodian drachm, (2.584 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), No. 247-1075 [includes this coin], SNG Finland 793-5). Obverse slightly off centre, nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Ex Larissa 1968 Hoard (found Sitochoro, north-east of Pharsala) in Greece.
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