Triton XV, Lot: 340. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Late 4th - early 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.31 g, 7h). Head of the nymph Larissa three-quarter facing l., wearing torque-like necklace, her hair held by an ampyx; border of dots / ΛΑΡΙΣ above, ΑΙΩΝ below, horse crouching r., preparing to roll, monogram below horse’s belly. See Elsen 95 (15 March 2008) 34; see also Künker 97 (7 March 2005) 529, both from different dies. Good VF, lightly toned and well struck and centred, unusually nice for the type.