Triton XV, Lot: 327. Estimate $100. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Mid to late 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (11.5mm, 1.14 g, 2h). Head of the nymph Larissa three-quarter facing l., wearing pendant earring, torque-like necklace and an ampyx in her hair; border of dots / ΛΑΡ l. up, ΙΣ r. down, AΙΩΝ below, Thessalian cavalryman riding r. on prancing horse, wearing chlamys and petasos, and holding a curved rigid whip. Herrmann p. 42 and pl. VI, 1 corr. [trihemiobol,
not obol]. Good VF, toned, well struck and centred with grainy surfaces.