THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Diassarion (22mm, 9.52 g, 6h). Aristion, strategos. Struck AD 66/7-67/8. ΝЄΡΩΝ ΘЄCCΑΛΩΝ, laureate head right / APIΣTIΩN/OΣ ΣTPATH/ΓOY, Apollo Kitharoidos standing right, holding kithara in his left hand, playing it with his right. BCD Thessaly II 931.1 var. (arrangement of legend); Burrer Em. 1, Series 1, 1.1 (A1/R1 – this coin, illustrated on pl. 9); RPC I 1439. Brown patina. Near VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 325, 23 April 2014), lot 39.