Experts in Coins & Medals

THESSALY. Larissa. Early 4th Century BC. Trihemiobol (Silver, 16 mm, 1.61 g, 9 h). Small, round shield with the device of a bull's hoof to right within a dotted circle; all within a circle of dots. Rev. Λ-API (retrograde) Laureate and draped bust Asklepios to right, bearded and with long hair, before him, snake coiling right. BCD Thessaly I 1120 and II 169 var. (both struck from the same dies, albeit different from the ones here). Traité II, 4, 690 and pl. CCXCVII, 23-24. A wonderful piece, very rare, toned and with a sensitive 'portrait' of Asklepios. Struck on a curiously oblong flan, otherwise, good very fine.

Justin II, 565-578. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.50 g, 6 h), Constantinople. D N IVSTI-NVS PP AVI Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justin facing, holding Victory on globe in his upraised right hand, and shield decorated with horseman motif with his left. Rev. VICTORI-A AV[CCC ?] / CONOB Constantinopolis seated facing, head turned to right, holding spear in her right hand and globus cruciger in her left. DOC 4. MIB 5. SB 345. Some flatness of strike, otherwise, very fine.