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

$2,250.00

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, Die Münzprägung von Pharsalos, 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 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.