Triton XVI, Lot: 359. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Pharsalos. Mid-late 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.94 g, 10h). Head of Athena right, wearing single-pendant earring and crested Attic helmet decorated with three coiled serpents above the visor / Head and neck of horse right; Φ-AR to right; all within incuse square. Cf. Lavva 5–6 (unlisted dies); BCD Thessaly II 628. VF, toned, some porosity, minor deformity on chin from uneven strike. Rare early issue with serpents on obverse.

From the BCD Collection.