Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 128. Estimate CHF950. Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013. Sold For CHF800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 380-365 BC. Drachm (Silver, 20mm, 5.96 g 11). Head of the nymph Larissa facing, turned slightly to left, wearing ampyx and grain ears in her hair, and with a triple-pendant earring and a plain necklace
Rev. ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ - ΩΝ Mare and foal standing right, with straight legs. BCD II, 297. Lorber,
Middle. Series 6, Type B, O7/R1 (
both same dies). Lightly toned.
A legend variety known only from a single pair of dies. Good very fine.
From a northern European collection and from the BCD collection, Triton XV, 3 January 2012, 297.