Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 1080. Estimate CHF300. Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011. Sold For CHF2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Krannon. Circa 460-400 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 2.93 g 5). ΧΑ-Ν Youthful Hero (Thessalos) walking right, nude but for cloak and petasos tied over his shoulders, restraining the forepart of a bull rushing to right with a band held around the bull’s head.
Rev. Κ-R-Α (
retrograde) Forepart of bridled horse to left; behind, trident; all within incuse square. Künker 158, 2009, 195 (
same dies). Moustaka 36. SNG Copenhagen 38. Rare. Deposits on the obverse field and in the recessed areas of the the reverse,
otherwise, good very fine.