399, Lot: 88. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450/40-420 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.17 g, 9h). Youthful hero Thessalos, his petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull left by band held around its head / ΛAPIΣA/A-I, bridled horse prancing left; all within incuse circle. Lorber,
Thessalian 54 var. (rev. type left, circular incuse; same obv. die); BCD Thessaly II 176; HGC 4, 421. Good VF, darkly toned, some minor pitting.
From the BCD Collection. Ex Védrines V.S.O. (29 December 1984), lot 39.