THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. temp. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Assarion (14mm, 2.51 g, 3h). Ulpius Nichomachos, strategos. AXI ΛΛЄVC, head of Achilles right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos / NI KOMA XOY, horse trotting right. BCD Thessaly II 956.2 (this coin); Burrer Em. 1, Series 2, Grp. 4, 150.1 corr. (A40/R125 – this coin, illustrated on pl. 19; Є not E); RPC III 459.23 (this coin). Green patina. VF.
Ex BCD Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 956.2.
When originally sold in Triton XV (as lot 956), this coin and the previous coin together hammered for $2250.