412, Lot: 127. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 420-400 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 5.24 g, 6h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, wrestling down bull right by band held around its head / [Λ]ΑΡI-[Σ]-IA, horse prancing right within incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian 58 (same dies as illustration); BCD Thessaly II 177 (same dies); HGC 4, 425. Near VF, toned, granular surfaces.
From the BCD Collection.