Triton XVII, Lot: 198. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.07 g, 10h). Late facing head type. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing single-pendant earring and plain necklace / Horse standing right, preparing to lie down; ΛAPIΣ-AIΩN above and below. Lorber,
Hoard, Phase L-III, 59 (same obv. die); BCD Thessaly II 322–5; Boston MFA 898–9; Gulbenkian 477. Near EF, toned, short, light scratch under tone on forehead.
From the Leo & Paula Gorelkin Collection.