PHARSALUS SILVER DRACHM – SIGNED ISSUE EX BCD COLLECTION AND PLATE COIN IN LAVVA’S STUDY – CHOICE XF FINE STYLE NGC GRADED GREEK PHARSALUS COIN (Inv. 20268)

$1,950.00

20268. THESSALY. PHARSALUS. Ca. 425–350 BC.
Silver Drachm, 5.98 g, 17 mm.
Obv. Helmeted head of Athena right, IΠ in left field. Rev. Φ–A–P–Σ, Thessalian cavalryman right, holding goad.
Lavva 132a (V61/R59, this coin cited and illustrated); BCD Thessaly II 643 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 624.
Ex BCD Collection = New York sale 57, 1/10/2023, lot 43 = CNG Electronic Auction 374, 5/11/2016, lot 216 (specifically citing BCD).
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, FINE STYLE, “flan flaws,” “edge marks” and “SIGNED ‘IP’ noted on label. Although not in the sales catalogues of BCD’s collection, this coin is cited as being from the collection by both CNG and Lavva.