Triton XV, Lot: 160. Estimate $150. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Last quarter of 5th century BC. AR Obol (12mm, 1.00 g, 12h). Horse walking l., above, lion’s head l., border of dots / Λ-Α to l. and r. above, RΙ r. down, the nymph Larissa standing r. and balancing one-handled hydria on her raised left knee; behind her, fountain spout in the form of a lion’s head r. from which pours water; all in shallow incuse square. Herrmann p. 10, group II b, pl. I, 13 (same dies). Naville - Ars Classica V (18 June 1923) 1735 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned and on a generous flan.