290, Lot: 33. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Krannon. Circa 460-420 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.90 g, 6h). X-A-N, youthful hero Thessalos, nude but for cloak and petasos, restraining bull right by band held around its head / K-R(retrograde)A, bridled horse trotting left, reins trailing on ground; trident behind; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 109 var. (ethnic and its arrangement; same obv. die); BCD Thessaly I 1079 var. (same; same obv. die); Weber 2800 var. (same; same obv. die); BMC –; SNG München –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Alpha Bank –; Traité –. VF for type, lightly toned, porous. Rare.

From the BCD Collection.