375, Lot: 314. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
THESSALY, Trikka. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.88 g, 11h). Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right / TPI-K-KA-ION (
retrograde), forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly I 1351 var. (arrangement of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 776.3-4 var. (same); HGC 4, 311. Good VF, lightly toned, minor roughness on the reverse.
From the BCD Collection.