382, Lot: 42. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 420-400 BC. AR Drachm. The hero Thessalos, with petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull left by band held around its head / ΛΑPI-Σ-ΑΙ, bridled horse rearing right within incuse circle. Lorber,
Thessalian 60; BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 370.3 (same obv. die); cf. HGC 4, 420. VF, toned.
From the BCD Collection (purchased from Spink, April 1982, for £200).