Triton XVI, Lot: 340. Estimate $750. Sold for $6250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 370-360 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 6.02 g, 1h). Bull leaping right; ΛAPIΣAIΩN above / Thessalian warrior, wearing tunic, chlamys, and petasos, holding lance, on horse bounding right. Lorber,
Thessalian 101; BCD Thessaly II 186 (same dies); BMC 54; Traité IV 698. Near EF, even gray tone with light golden hues around the devices and underlying luster, a little die wear on obverse, light cleaning marks in field on reverse. Well centered and struck, exceptional for issue.
From the BCD Collection.