Metropolis, Thessaly. 3rd c. BC. Æ 19mm (7.62 g, 11h). 

Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev: MHTROPOLITWN, Aphrodite Kastneia standing left, holding 
dove, leaning on column; to left, Eros standing right, 
reaching up towards dove. 

Cf. Rogers 408; cf. Moustaka 79; SNG Copenhagen 174 var. (position of legend). 

Fine, brown patina. Very rare.

with permission of cngcoins.com, June 2010.