Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 1162. Estimate CHF250. Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011. Sold For CHF1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 344-337 BC. Trihemiobol (Silver, 1.39 g 1). Head of the nymph Larissa facing, turned slightly to the left, wearing ampyx, pendant earring, and simple necklace.
Rev. ΛΑΡ - ΙΣ / ΑΙΩΝ Thessalian cavalryman, wearing petasos and chlamys and holding staff, riding cantering horse to right. Herrmann pl. VI, 1. SNG Copenhagen 134. Rare and unusually attractive. Nicely toned but the reverse is somewhat corroded,
otherwise, extremely fine.