374, Lot: 196. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450/40-420 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.97 g, 11h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull right by band held around its head / ΛΑ / PIΣ (
retrograde), bridled horse rearing right within incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian 43 (same rev. die); BCD Thessaly II 170 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 414 (same rev. die as illustration). Good VF, toned, a few scattered marks.
From the BCD Collection.