Triton XVI, Lot: 339. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 380-365 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 6.10 g, 9h). Middle facing head type. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right, grain ears in hair, wearing plain necklace / Mare standing right with foal right in the background; ΛAPIΣ-AIΩN above and below. L-S Series 6, Type A, dies O6/R1; BCD Thessaly II 295-6 var. (arrangement of ethnic); CNG 58, lot 387 (same dies). Near EF, toned, double struck on reverse. Artistic obverse die.
From the BCD Collection.