Larissa Facing Head Drachms

CNG 96, Lot: 170. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 405/0-370 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 6.00 g, 5h). Early facing head type. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right, with hair in ampyx / Horse grazing right. L-S Group 2, Head Type 3, dies O10/R1, b (this coin); BCD Thessaly II 225 (same obv. die). VF, darkly toned, some deposits.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts IX (10 December 1980), lot 189 (hammer $650); Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 96 (October 1950), no. 9.