THESSALY, Scotussa (Skotussa) ~ 300-190 BC ~ Æ22 (6.50g) ~ Head of bearded Hercules wearing lion skin headdress to right. Very rare ~ Club to left ~ Rogers-549, BMC-4, SG-2222 ~ Fine, porousEx BCD collection with his tag & that of Frank Kovacs who he bought it from in 1980.

From the RBW Collection

Part of planned 'metica' currency derailed by post-independence chaos

with inscriptions in both Hebrew and Arabic

their diminutive size posed practical challenges

Sas arms below

left a lasting impression on the history of Renaissance medal-making

Mintage: 6

Country/Region of Manufacture: Poland

Collection of William M Rosenblum

B & crescent in field

which thereafter closed

cashews in the case of the 50 centimos