Triton XV, Lot: 170. Estimate $300. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Early to mid 4th century BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 6.06 g, 12h). Thessalos to r., naked but for chlamys over his shoulders and petasos hanging from a cord around his neck, holding a band with both hands around the forehead of a bull rushing r., border of dots / ΛΑ above, ΡΙΣ retrograde below, bridled horse with loose rein prancing r., all in an incuse square. SNG Cop. 99 (same dies); see also Nomos 4, 1122 and R. Ratto, 4 April 1927, 998 (both from the same dies). Good VF, nice medium tone with orange and turquoise hues around the devices.
Ex Vinchon 13 November 1986, 155, hammer FF 8500.