292, Lot: 18. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.95 g, 9h). Youthful hero Thessalos, his petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull right by band held around its head / ΛAR (retrograde) above, I below, bridled horse prancing right; all within incuse square. SNG Delpierre 1103 var. (Thessalos behind bull); this reverse otherwise unpublished in the standard references with obverse type to left. Near VF, toned, porous. This variety not in the ANS photofile.

From the BCD Collection.