292, Lot: 35. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.69 g, 9h). Horse prancing right; OS (S retrograde) above / ΛA upward to right, PISA downward and retrograde to left, the nymph Larissa standing right, holding up mirror in left hand while adjusting hair with right; single-handled hydria to lower right; all within shallow incuse square. BCD Thessaly I 1114. VF, lightly toned.
From the BCD Collection.
Equal in style and better metal than the example cited above, which sold for CHF 3000.