444, Lot: 65. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450/40-420 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.97 g, 5h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull left by band held around its head / Bridled horse rearing right within incuse square. Lorber, Thessalian 50; BCD Thessaly II 174; HGC 4, 420. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, granular surfaces.

From the Richard Sharf Collection, purchased from R.M. Smythe, 18 January 2003.