THESSALY, Trikka. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 3.00 g, 9h).

CNG Feature Auction 120
Lot: 206. Estimated: $ 500

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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THESSALY, Trikka. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 3.00 g, 9h). The hero Thessalos, nude but for cloak and petasos, holding a band below the horns of forepart of bull leaping right / Forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square with rounded corners. BCD Thessaly II 767 var. (orientation of ethnic); HGC 4, 311. Lightly toned, trace deposits, a few scratches, area of minor roughness on reverse. EF. Unusually high quality for this heavily circulated series.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 315 (20 November 2013), lot 18; Münzen & Medaillen AG FPL 570 (November–December 1993), no. 83.


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