CNG 96, Lot: 165. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450/40-420 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.97 g, 6h). Thessalos, nude but for petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band across horns of bull leaping right / Bridled horse leaping right within incuse square. Cf. Lorber,
Thessalian 53/54 (for obv./rev.); BCD Thessaly II 171 (same rev. die). VF, lightly toned, slightly granular surface, a couple light marks in field on reverse.
From the BCD Collection.