383, Lot: 76. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450/40-420 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.90 g, 12h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull left by band held around its head / ΛΑPI / Σ-ΑΙΑ, bridled horse rearing right within incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian 50; BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 372.5 var. (arrangement of ethnic; same obv. die); HGC 4, 420. Near VF, minor porosity, some graffiti (
χασι) on the obverse.
From the BCD Collection.