Signed Die

CNG 90, Lot: 74. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 405/0-370 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.90 g, 3h). Signed by the artist Meto-. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right, hair in ampyx; METO to left / Horse standing right, trailing rein, preparing to lie down. L-S group 4, head type 18, dies O57/R1; BCD Thessaly II 229 (same dies). Near EF, some roughness, a few minor metal flaws, minor die shift. Signed obverse die. Very rare.

From the BCD Collection.