292, Lot: 7. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 479-460 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.78 g, 8h). Head of the nymph Larissa left, her hair bound with a ribbon and tied in a bun at the back / ΛARI (retrograde and upside down) counterclockwise from upper right, sandal of Jason left; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 349.2. Good VF, two flan splits. Excellent metal for issue.

From the BCD Collection.

Traces of an incuse neck and chin are visible in the left reverse margin. Perhaps an obverse brockage strike was detected and reused as the flan.