CNG 96, Lot: 147. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 3.09 g, 7h). Thessalos, nude but for petasos and cloak tied at neck, standing right, holding band across horns of bull forepart leaping right; lotus flower below / Forepart of bridled horse leaping right within incuse square. Cf. Lorber, Thessalian 12–3; BCD Thessaly II 357.3 (same dies). Good VF, toned, granular surface, struck from worn dies. Rare with lotus on obverse.

From the BCD Collection.