Triton XV, Lot: 768. Estimate $200. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Trikka. 2nd half of the 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 2.79 g, 9h). Youthful hero, Thessalos, naked but for cloak and petasos over his shoulders, holding a band with both hands below the horns of the forepart of a bull leaping r., border of dots / TPI-KK-AI from below l., r. up and circular, retrograde and upside down, forepart of bridled horse prancing r., all in incuse square with rounded edges and corners. Weber 2933. VF, nicely toned, well centred and struck, a pleasing coin.

Ex SBV Basel 27 January 1987, 36, hammer CHF 3100.