GB87119. Bronze trichalkon, Potamikon 497; BCD Thessaly I 1208.1; BCD Thessaly II 483.1-3; Rogers 411; Pozzi 2828; BMC Thessaly p. 36, 3; HGC 4 257 (S), VF, well centered, dark patina, part of reverse legend weak, porous, Metropolis (Karditsa, Greece) mint, weight 8.951g, maximum diameter 20.8mm, die axis 180
o, Late 3rd - Early 2nd century B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse MHTPOΠOΛITΩN, forepart of river-god Acheloios Pamisos as man-faced bull left, head facing, ribbons hanging from head, Ω/Ζ monogram (control) below; ex BCD with his tag noting, "Herc. ex Macedon, March 1987, 3000 drs.";
scarce;
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