392, Lot: 157. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Trikka. Circa 425-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.83 g, 3h). Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right / [Τ]Ρ-IΚ-Κ-ΑΙ-ΩΝ (retrograde), Forepart of bridled horse right within incuse square; c/m: K (καλός = genuine) on flank of horse. BCD Thessaly I 1353 var. (orientation of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 781.3 var. (same); HGC 4, 312. VF. Interesting original countermark.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Sotheby’s (9 December 1993), lot 375 (part).