Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 1098. Estimate CHF400.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011.  Sold For CHF3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 500-479 BC. Obol (Silver, 0.65 g 7). Head of the nymph Larissa to left, but with very archaic features. Rev. ΛΑ Jason’s sandal to right; all within incuse square. Herrmann Group I, pl. I, 5 var. ; SNG Copenhagen 90. Rare. A clear and attractive coin, with a striking obverse. Nearly extremely fine.

Struck from the same obverse die as CNG MBS 69, 2005, 264 and the same reverse as CNG MBS 73, 2006, 179.