389, Lot: 143. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Trikka. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.78 g, 3h). The hero Thessalos, nude but for cloak and petasos, holding a band below the horns of forepart of bull leaping right / TPI-K-KAI-ΩN (counterclockwise), forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square with rounded corners. BCD Thessaly II 768 var. (ethnic); HGC 4, 311. Good VF. Nice metal.

From the BCD Collection.