Ex Knoepke, Lockett, and Pozzi

CNG 96, Lot: 199. Estimate $1500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.67 g, 1h). Late facing head type. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, with hair in ampyx / Horse prancing right. L-S Type 2, Series B, dies O12/R2, a = SNG Lockett 1571 = Pozzi, Boutin 2771 = Pozzi 1219 (this coin); BCD Thessaly II 304 (same obv. die); SNG Berry 540 (same dies). Good VF, old collection toning, granular surface.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Olga H. Knoepke Collection (Glendining's, 10 December 1986), lot 185 (hammer £2300); Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Greek Part II, Glendining, 12 February 1958), lot 1434; S. Pozzi Collection (Naville I, 14 March 1921), lot 566.