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Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔPO[Y] to right, monogram in left field, crescent below throne. Price 1825; Müller 275. 4.52gr, 18mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 244. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [A]ΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram in left field, monogram below throne. Price 1528; Müller 1618; SNG Copenhagen 994. 4.21gr, 19mm, 2h.

Extremely Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 190. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, B in left field, N below throne. Price 1801; Müller 1336. 4.32gr, 17mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine. A well-centered, attractive example, beautiful old cabinet tone.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 235. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram to left, labrys below throne. Price 2148 corr. (monogram); ADM I Series XIII; Newell 49; HGC 3.1, 1015. 4.29gr, 19mm, 11h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 214. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Macedonian shield with monogram of Demetrios on the boss / BA-ΣΙ, Macedonian helmet; pedum(?) to left. Newell 128; HGC 3, 1019. 4.18gr, 16mm, 9h.

Very Fine.

From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly to left, wearing ampyx and necklace / Horseman riding to right. SNG Copenhagen 134. 0.93gr, 11mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull to right / TPIK-KAI-ON (retrograde), forepart of bridled horse to right; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 776.3-4 var. (arrangement of ethnic); HGC 4, 311. 2.43gr, 17mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

Head of Ennodia to left / ΦΕΡΑΙΟΝ, water fountain to right in the form of a lion's head. BCD Thessaly II 691.2; HGC 4, 570. 2.64gr, 16mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet with raised cheek pieces; behind neck, ΤΗ above ΙΠ (engravers' initials) in small lettering / Φ-Α-Ρ-Σ clockwise around Thessalian cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, wearing petasos, chlamys and chiton, and holding lagobolon over his right shoulder; in exergue, Τ (engraver's initial). Lavva 86 (O43/R51); BCD Thessaly I 1284 var. (TH in exergue); BCD Thessaly II 639 var. (no ΙΠ); HGC 4, 624. 5.95gr, 18mm, 9h.

Good Extremely Fine. Tiny cut on reverse. Attractive toning with golden iridescence around the devices. Sharply struck and surprisingly detailed.

From a Swiss collection, acquired prior to 2005. Ex Nomos AG, Auction 21, 21 November 2020, lot 145 (company's ticket included).

If the harmony and the aristocratic inner peace of the portraits are the first thing that catches our attention, it is the extremely detailed rendering of the figures, especially on the reverse, that makes the viewer cling more to their admiration for this coin. Each depiction of Athena’s head in these emissions of Pharsalos makes us believe that she has her own character and that no two are the same, even though they share the same characteristics. Athena in our coin looks like a tender girl with a serious but innocent look in her eyes. Her divine power, despite her young age, is not violent; it is simply inherent in the serenity of her gaze. On the other hand, the detailed rendering of the cavalryman’s and horse's face, the texture of his chlamys, the harmonious matching of muscles and joints in the horse's body, and even the pronounced veins in the horse's belly convince us of a talented engraver and a gifted artist.

Male head to right / ΣΚΙ-ΑΘΙ, kerykeion; grape bunch to inner right. BCD Thessaly II -; HGC 6, 415. 1.86gr, 14mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Male head to left, wearing taenia / ΣΚΙ-ΑΘΙ, kerykeion; herm to inner left. HGC 6, 414. 2.04gr, 14mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare.

From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

Head of Dionysos to right; wreathed in ivy / [ΑΠΟΛΛΩ]-ΝΙΑΤΑΝ, filleted cornucopia; monogram to left. Mionnet II 58; HGC 3.1, 14. 6.94gr, 19mm, 3h.

Very Fine. Extremely rare.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.