292, Lot: 57. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 410-405 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 6.02 g, 12h). Head of the nymph Larissa right, wearing pearl earring, her hair bound in sakkos / ΛA upward to left, [PI-ΣAI] above, A downward to right, the hero Thessalos right, wearing petasos and chlamys, preparing to vault onto the back of a bridled horse cantering to right; all within incuse square. Lorber, Thessalian pl. 43, 61 (same dies); BCD Thessaly II 179 (same dies; hammer of $9000). VF, lightly toned, two minor flan splits, graffito ("Λ") in lower left corner of reverse. Fine style.

From the BCD Collection.

From the same obverse die as the following lot.