★ Lamia Chalkous ★

Lamia AE Chalkous, first half of the 4th century BC

Thessaly, Lamia. AE Chalkous (15 mm, 1.95 g), first half of the 4th century BC.
Obv. Head of the nymph Lamia to right, wearing necklace and pendant earring.
Rev. ΛΑΜΙΕΩΝ from middle left, up to right and circular, Philoktetes, naked, half kneeling right and shooting his bow; before him, a bird falling, on the ground below, another; behind him, quiver.
Georgiou, Mint , p. 163, pl. 2, 14 (period B, AE group II); Rogers 388, fig. 201; BMC p. 23, 12, pl. IV, 3; Traité IV, 461, pl. CCLXXXVII, 24; BCD Thessaly 1091.

Minor flan crack. Hard green glossy patina. Good very fine.