339, Lot: 62. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.95 g, 9h). Youthful hero Thessalos, his petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining forepart of bull left by band held around its head; small Y[Π] between hero’s legs / Λ to upper left, A to right, PI below, forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian 12 (O8/R7); BCD Thessaly II 375.2 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, minor die break on reverse.