Triton XV, Lot: 155. Estimate $150. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Mid to late 5th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (13.5mm, 1.40 g, 3h). Horseman walking r. on ground line, wearing petasos and chlamys and holding two spears; border of dots / Λ and Α to l. and r. above, RΙ to r. downwards, nymph Larissa, seated to r. on a chair, the back of which terminates in a swan’s head, her l. hand raised and holding a mirror at which she is looking, her r. hand holding phiale; Α below her chair; all in shallow incuse square. BMC p. 25, pl. IV, 10 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, minor surface roughness.