THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (13mm, 1.30 g, 12h). Fine.

Electronic Auction 549
Lot: 57. Estimated: $ 100

Greek, 12h, Silver

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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (13mm, 1.30 g, 12h). Horseman, wearing petasos and chlamys, riding right, holding two spears; below, dolphin to right / the nymph Larissa seated right on chair with back terminating in swan’s head, holding mirror in raised left hand, phiale in right; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 359.2 (length and arrangement of ethnic); HGC 4, –; De Luynes 1835 corr. (listed as diobol and dolphin now confirmed; same dies); Traité IV 675, pl. CCXCVII, 18 (symbol indistinct, dolphin now confirmed; same dies). Toned, minor porosity. Fine. Very rare.

Ex Asher D. Atchick Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 459, 8 January 2020), lot 140; BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 292, 5 December 2012), lot 28.


Closing Date and Time: 1 November 2023 at 10:18:40 ET.

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