292, Lot: 43. Estimate $100. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (13mm, 0.94 g, 6h). Small, round shield with dotted border, having as a central device a bull’s hoof to right; all within circle of dots / Λ-[A] above, the nymph Larissa striding left, bouncing ball with right hand; all within shallow incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 365.1 (same dies). Near VF, toned, reverse corroded. Very rare.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXI (9 September 1994), lot 206 (hammer of $475).