382, Lot: 38. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.92 g, 3h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull right by band held around its head; lotus below / Λ-Α / RI, bridled horse rearing left within incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian 9 var. (no lotus); BCD Thessaly I 1108 var. (same); BCD Thessaly II 152 (same dies); HGC 4, 411 (same dies as illustration). Near VF.
From the BCD Collection.