Extremely Rare Atrax Bronze
401, Lot: 36. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Atrax. Circa 375-350 BC. Æ Trichalkon (17mm, 4.19 g, 3h). Horseman galloping left, pursuing bull running left, the bull’s head turned towards the viewer / Bearded head of Lapith Atrax right. Rogers –; BCD Thessaly II 53; HGC 4, 348. VF, dark green patina, some pitting on obverse. Extremely rare, apparently the fourth known (the others: CNG 79, lot 183; BCD Thessaly I 1024; and BCD Thessaly II 53).