311, Lot: 91. Estimate $750. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 479-460 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.85 g, 6h). Horse grazing left; above, partridge-like bird to right, but upside down / ΛARI–SAIO–N (S retrograde), sandal of Jason to left; above, labrys to right. Cf. BCD Thessaly II 130/129 (for obv./rev. types); BCD Thessaly I 1095 var. (cicada in place of bird, S not retrograde); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Delepierre 1101 var. (as last); BMC 1 var. (as last); Jameson 2467 var. (as last) and 1084 var. (positioning of horse’s hind legs, different ethnic, no labrys); de Luynes 1830 var. (different ethnic, no labrys); Traité I 1410 var. (as last) and 1411 var. (as BCD Thessaly I). VF, slightly granular surfaces, edge split. Rare early drachm. Possibly an unrecorded combination of bird and labrys symbols.

From the BCD Collection.