CNG 96, Lot: 175. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 405/0-370 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 6.01 g, 5h). Early facing head type. Reverse die signed by the artist Simo-. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right, with hair in ampyx; [METO in tiny letters to left] / Horse prancing right; [ΣIMO to right]. L-S Group 4, Head Type 18, dies O57/R3, a = Lorber, Early 42.3(a) (this coin); BCD Thessaly II 230 (same dies). VF, toned, a little off center, slight die shift on reverse. Extremely rare.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Publication No. 41 (June 1992), no. 29 (priced $485); Unknown Findspot 1989 Hoard (CH IX, 65).