292, Lot: 49. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450/40-420 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.13 g, 12h). Youthful hero Thessalos, his petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull left by band held around its head / ΛAPI above, Σ-AIA below, bridled horse prancing right; all within incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian pl. 43, 52; BCD Thessaly I 1128 (hammer of CHF 13000). VF, toned, reverse double struck. Good metal.
From the BCD Collection. Purchased from Baldwin’s, December 1983, for £300.