292, Lot: 46. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450/40-420 BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 2.87 g, 6h). Youthful hero Thessalos, his petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining forepart of bull left by band held around its head; small YΠ between hero’s legs / Λ to upper left, A to right, PI below, forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square. Lorber, Thessalian 12 (O8/R7); BCD Thessaly II 375.2 (same dies). Near VF, lightly toned, minor porosity.

From the BCD Collection.