CNG 96, Lot: 141. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 479-460 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.41 g, 1h). Hat (petasos) of Jason / Ethnic within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 141 (same dies). VF, toned, edge splits, light porosity. Very rare.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Kovacs XII (30 November 1995), lot 53 (hammer $990).

As noted in the description of BCD Thessaly II 141, this coin, unknown and unpublished until then, was the first of this type to ever appear at auction.