MACEDON (Roman Province). Aesillas. Quaestor, circa 95-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.80 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Head of the deified Alexander the Great right; Θ to left / Money chest, club, and chair; all within wreath. Bauslaugh Group VI, obv. die 64; HGC 3.1, 1110. Good VF, toned, some die wear on obverse.From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Heritage 3015 (7 September 2011), lot 23054.
THESSALY, Ainianes. Circa 350s-340s BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.36 g, 12h). Hypata mint. Laureate head of Zeus left / AINIANΩΝ, the hero Phemios standing right, holding petasos, drapery, and javelins in left hand, preparing to hurl javelin with right. Liampi, Beitrag Group I; BCD Thessaly II –; BCD Thessaly I –; SNG Copenhagen 2; HGC 4, –. VF, toned, porosity. Rare variant with Phemios holding additional javelins in left hand.From the BCD Collection, purchased from Paul Rynearson, August 1978.
THESSALY, Atrax. 3rd century BC. Æ Trichalkon (19mm, 6.44 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / ATPA-ΓI-Ω-И, horseman, raising right hand, advancing right. Rogers 169-71 var. (arrangement of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 59.6-10 var. (same); BCD Thessaly I 1032 var. (Φ on obv.; same rev. die); HGC 4, 347. VF, dark green, almost black, patina.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Gomphoi-Philippopolis. Mid 4th-3rd centuries BC. Æ Trichalkon (21mm, 9.10 g, 6h). Head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing diadem and necklace / ΓOMΦE-ΩN, Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt and scepter. Panagopoulou, Coinage pl. 1, 9 var.; Rogers 220, fig. 98 var.; BCD Thessaly II 70 var.; BCD Thessaly 1044 var.; HGC 4, 248. VF, reddish-brown patina.From the BCD Collection.Examples of this type in the standard references all have the left hand portion of the ethnic ("ΩN") running downward rather than upward as on this coin.
THESSALY, Gyrton. Early-mid 4th century BC. Æ Dichalkon (15mm, 4.08 g, 6h). Bare head of the hero Gyrton right; to right, head and neck of bridled horse right / ΓΥ-ΡΤOΝΙO-Ν, head of the nymph Gyrtone left. BCD Thessaly I 1052 var. (arrangement of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 78; HGC 4, 370. VF, brown patina. Attractive.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Lamia. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.87 g, 12h). Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath / ΛΑΜΙΕ-ΩN, amphora; ivy leaf above; to right, prochous with handle to right. BCD Thessaly I 1089; BCD Thessaly II 123; HGC 4, 120. VF, toned.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-400 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.86 g, 3h). Struck circa 440-420 BC. Horse standing right / Λ-Α-RI, Larissa standing right, balancing hydria on knee; to left, water fountain right in the form of head of lion; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly I 1112 var. (lion head on obv.); BCD Thessaly II 159; HGC 4, 482. VF, some roughness.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-400 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.91 g, 8h). Struck circa 440-420 BC. Horse standing right / Λ-Α, Larissa advancing right, bouncing ball; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly I 1111 var. (Larissa left); BCD Thessaly II 358.2; HGC 4, 485. VF.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 400-370 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 6.12 g, 12h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left / [Λ]ΑΡΙΣΑΙ, horse grazing left. L-S group 1; BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 226-7; HGC 4, 432. Good VF, lightly toned, a few minor marks on the obverse.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 370-360 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.13 g, 12h). ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ, bull charging right / Thessalian warrior on horse rearing right. BCD Thessaly I 1136; BCD Thessaly II 186; HGC 4, 449. VF, some roughness on the obverse, minor scratch on the reverse.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.85 g, 6h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left / ΛΑΡΙΣ-ΑΙΩΝ, horse crouching right, preparing to roll. Lorber, Hoard L-III; BCD Thessaly I 1154-5; BCD Thessaly II 315-9; HGC 4, 454. VF, lightly toned, minor scratch in the field on the reverse.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.89 g, 10h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left / ΛΑΡΙΣ-ΑΙΩΝ, horse crouching right, preparing to roll. Lorber, Hoard L-III; BCD Thessaly I 1154-5; BCD Thessaly II 315-9; HGC 4, 454. Good VF, toned, some porosity.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Larissa. 2nd century BC. Æ Dichalkon (15mm, 4.14 g, 3h). Laureate head of Apollo left / ΛΑΡΙΣ-[ΑΙΩΝ], Artemis standing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver on back. BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 397.2; HGC 4, 531. VF, black patina.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Magnetes. Mid 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (19mm, 6.71 g, 1h). Demetrias mint. Struck circa 150-130 BC. Laureate head of Zeus left / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, the Centaur Chiron advancing right, holding branch over shoulder; below, owl standing right, head facing. BCD Thessaly I 1179; BCD Thessaly II 411; HGC 4, 65. VF, dark brown patina.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Methylion. 4th century BC. Æ Trichalkon (18mm, 5.04 g, 12h). Bare head of Ares right / ΜΕΘΥΛΙΕΩΝ, warrior on horse rearing right, brandishing spear; below, Athena Itonia striding right, holding spear and shield. BCD Thessaly I 1204; BCD Thessaly II 472; HGC 4, 691. VF, brown patina, minor roughness. Rare.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Metropolis. 3rd century BC. Æ Trichalkon (20mm, 8.05 g, 3h). Laureate head of Apollo right / MHTP-OΠOΛΙTΩN, forepart of man-headed bull left, head right; monogram below. BCD Thessaly I 1208.1; BCD Thessaly II 483.1-3; HGC 4, 257. VF, green patina.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Oitaioi. Circa 360-344 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.73 g, 2h). Herakleia Trachinia mint. Head of lion left, with spear in jaws / ΟΙΤΑ, bow and quiver within shallow incuse circle. Valassiadis 4; BCD Thessaly I 1213; BCD Thessaly II 490; HGC 4, 130. VF, toned.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Pelinna. Late 4th-3rd centuries BC. Æ Dichalkon (18mm, 6.19 g, 12h). Veiled head of Mantho right / ΠΕΛΙΝΝΑΙΩΝ, Thessalian warrior, holding spear, on horse rearing right; monogram below. BCD Thessaly I 1229 var. (no monogram on rev.); BCD Thessaly II 536.2; HGC 4, 275. Good VF, brown-green patina.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Perrhaiboi. Circa 450-400 BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.87 g, 6h). Olosson or Phalanna mint. Struck circa 450-430 BC. Bridled horse rearing left / Π-Ε-Ρ-Α, Athena in running stance right, holding shield and spear; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly I 1242; BCD Thessaly II 552.2; HGC 4, 151. VF, minor granularity.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Phalanna. Mid 4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.57 g, 7h). Struck circa 360-340 BC. Bare head of Ares right / ΦΑΛ-ΑΝ-Ν-ΑΙ-Ω[Ν], horse prancing right. BCD Thessaly I 1251; BCD Thessaly II –; HGC 4, 167. Near VF.From the BCD Collection.
THESSALY, Phalanna. Mid 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (10mm, 1.12 g, 7h). Struck circa 323-322 BC. Bare head of Ares right / ΦΑΛΑΝ-[Ν-Α-ΙΩΝ], horse prancing right. BCD Thessaly I 1252.1; BCD Thessaly II 571; HGC 4, 168. VF, toned, minor roughness.From the BCD Collection.