Two Drachms Signed by Simo

Triton XIV, Lot: 110. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 405/0-370 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 6.09 g, 4h). Early facing head type. Obverse die signed by Simo-. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right, hair in ampyx, wearing necklace; ΣIMO above / Horse grazing right; ΛAPI above. L-S Group 3, Head Type 8, dies 19/2 = Lorber, Early 1.2; Lorber, Thessalian -; Herrmann Group VIIR, pl. VIII, 14 var. (legend; same obv. die); SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; Traité IV 713 and 718, pl. CCXCIX, 2-3 and 6 (same dies). EF, lightly toned, nose a little weakly struck, die wear on reverse. Very rare signed issue.