Triton XVI, Lot: 363. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Pherai. Circa 460-440 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.89 g, 9h). Thessalos, nude but for petasos tied at neck, standing right in background, holding band across horns of bull leaping right; retrograde ΓΛA(?) to upper left / Bridled horse running right, trailing rein below; to upper left, lion-headed fountain right, from which water pours; Φ-E-R-A-I clockwise around from upper left; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 682 = Jameson 1105 (same rev. die); SNG Lockett 1608 (same rev. die). Near VF, attractive gray-brown toning, area of find patina on obverse, a few minor cleaning marks under tone on reverse. Rare.

From the BCD Collection, purchased privately from an English dealer in October 1984.