First Facing Head Die at Larissa

Triton XIV, Lot: 108. Estimate $1000. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 405/0-370 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.09 g, 10h). Early facing head type. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing necklace / Horse grazing left; ΛAPI above. L-S Group 1, Head Type 1, dies 1/4; Lorber, Early 30 (same obv. die); Lorber, Thessalian 67 (same obv. die); Herrmann -; SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; Ars Classica XVII, 429 (same dies). Good VF, good metal, die break on obverse (early state). From the first facing head die at Larissa.