381, Lot: 109. Estimate $150. Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450/40-420 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 6.11 g, 11h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull left by band held around its head / ΛΑPI / ΣΑΙΑ, bridled horse rearing right within incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian 50 (same obv. die); BCD Thessaly I 1128; BCD Thessaly II 174 (same dies); HGC 4, 420. VF, toned.
From the BCD Collection (purchased from Christian Blom, October 1977, for $350).