292, Lot: 33. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.92 g, 6h). Horse prancing right; S (retrograde) above, O below / Λ-A-P above, ISA downward to left (all retrograde), the nymph Larissa seated left on hydria with its mouth facing the viewer, leaning her left hand on its side and tossing or catching a ball with her right hand; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 165 (same obv. die; hammer of $1200). Fine, toned, porosity.

From the BCD Collection. Purchased from Dr. R. Maly (Nomos AG), October 1975, for CHF 300.

The die link confirms that, as suspected by BCD, what appeared to be an Σ below the horse in the BCD catalog was simply a die break and not a third letter.