Triton XV, Lot: 247. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Early to mid 4th century BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.82 g, 5h). Head of the nymph Larissa three-quarter facing r., neckline in the form of an open V with central pellet; all within border of dots / ΛΑΡΙ above, horse with straight legs feeding r. on thin solid exergue line, below its belly, graffito sideways A. Lorber,
Early, 69.1 (these dies). VF, light toning, the beginning of a small die flaw above the nymph’s r. eye and a tiny test cut on the obverse edge at 4 o’clock; a die flaw on the reverse above the A, traces of double striking on the horse and letters.