Triton XVI, Lot: 344. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 6.10 g, 5h). Late facing head type. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing necklace / Horse standing right, preparing to lie down; ΛAPIΣ-AIΩN above and below. Lorber,
Hoard, Phase L-III, 38–60; BCD Thessaly 317–9; Dewing 1406; Boston MFA 899. Superb EF, die break on reverse. Exceptional obverse strike from a fresh die.