Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 138 18-19 May 2023
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Drachm signed by Telephantos late V-mid IV century BC, AR 5.99 g. Helmeted head of Athena r.; in l. field, [ΤΗ]. Rev. Φ – Α / Ρ – [Σ] partially retrograde Warrior on horseback r., wearing petasus, holding mace over shoulder; in exergue, ΤΗ. Lavva 81b corr. (V42/R49; obverse die is incorrectly listed as V41) = SNG Lockett 1604 (this coin). BCD Thessaly II, 638 (this obverse die).
Lovely old cabinet tone. An unobtrusive trace of double strike and a minor edge
nick at twelve o'clock on obverse, almost invisible marks on reverse,
otherwise extremely fine
Ex Ars Classica XVII, 1934, 440; Glendining 12 February 1958, Lockett, 1467; Malter 49, 1992, J.S. Wilkinson, 367 and CNG 90. 2012, 171 sales. From the BCD collection and the Collection of an Aesthete.
Drachm signed by Telephantos late V-mid IV century BC, AR 5.99 g. Helmeted head of Athena r.; in l. field, [ΤΗ]. Rev. Φ – Α / Ρ – [Σ] partially retrograde Warrior on horseback r., wearing petasus, holding mace over shoulder; in exergue, ΤΗ. Lavva 81b corr. (V42/R49; obverse die is incorrectly listed as V41) = SNG Lockett 1604 (this coin). BCD Thessaly II, 638 (this obverse die).
Lovely old cabinet tone. An unobtrusive trace of double strike and a minor edge
nick at twelve o'clock on obverse, almost invisible marks on reverse,
otherwise extremely fine
Ex Ars Classica XVII, 1934, 440; Glendining 12 February 1958, Lockett, 1467; Malter 49, 1992, J.S. Wilkinson, 367 and CNG 90. 2012, 171 sales. From the BCD collection and the Collection of an Aesthete.