One of Two Known – Ex BCD Collection

Triton XX, Lot: 132. Estimate $7500. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 479-460 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.42 g, 6h). Horse grazing left on ground line; above, kerykeion left; below, spitz-type dog left, looking right; all within dotted circle / ΛΑ-ΡΙS-ΑΙ-ΟИ around square frame with linear borders enclosing Sandal of Jason left with labrys above; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 144 = Kagan, So-called, pl. II, 4 (this coin); HGC 4, 394 (this coin illustrated); Lederer, Neue 23. VF, toned, slight roughness. Extremely rare, one of two known.

Ex BCD Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 144.