432, Lot: 13. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14.5mm, 2.62 g, 4h). Youthful hero Thessalos restraining forepart of bull right by band held around its head / Λ-A-RI (R retrograde) clockwise from upper left, forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian 12–3 var. (ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 357.1 (same dies); HGC 4, 455. VF, lightly toned, some roughness and granularity, scratch on obverse under tone.
From the BCD Collection.