Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 1125. Estimate CHF250. Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011. Sold For CHF550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 440-400 BC. Drachm (Silver, 6.10 g 6). Thessalos, with cloak over his shoulders, striding left, holding a rushing bull with a band around its horns; below, petasos, falling to the ground.
Rev. ΛΑΡΙ / ΣΑΙΟΝ (
partially retrograde) Bridled horse with trailing rein galloping to right; all within shallow incuse circle. Herrmann III E, pl. II, 7. Lorber 2008, pl. 43, 55. Traité 660, pl. CCXCVI 17 (
same dies). Lightly toned. Very fine.
Ex E. Page, 4 October 1983, 28 (FF 1600).