427, Lot: 144. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 3.16 g, 2h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos around neck, restraining forepart of bull right by band held around its head; lotus flower below / Λ-Α-RI, forepart of bridled horse right, trailing rein, within incuse square. Lorber, Thessalian –; BCD Thessaly II 357.3 (same dies); HGC 4, 455. VF, porous, a few marks on reverse. Rare variety with lotus.