Triton XVIII, Lot: 499. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Stater (24.5mm, 12.25 g, 11h). Late facing head type. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing necklace / Bridled horse prancing right; ΛAPI-ΣAIΩN above and below. L-S Type 2, Series B, dies O8/R1; BCD Thessaly II 303 (same obv. die); Dewing 1397 (same dies); Cahn 80, lot 186 (same obv. die). EF, bright surfaces, but retoning, a little off center on obverse, minor die shift on reverse.