Triton XVI, Lot: 338. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 380-365 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.98 g, 12h). Middle facing head type. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right, grain ears in hair, wearing plain necklace / Thessalian warrior, wearing tunic, chlamys, and petasos, holding lance, on horse bounding right; ΛA-P-IΣAIΩN clockwise around from upper left. L-S Series 5, Dies O1/R1; BCD Thessaly II 292 (same obv. die); Leu 81, lot 190 = Leu 42, lot 210 (same dies). EF, lightly toned, a hint of granularity, a few light marks under tone on obverse, slight die shift on reverse. Artistic workmanship.
From the BCD Collection.