311, Lot: 114. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 420-400 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.98 g, 3h). The hero Thessalos, nude but for chlamys, his petasos flying in the air behind him, holding band around the head of a bull charging right / ΛAPI–ΣAIA, bridled horse prancing right; all within shallow incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian pl. 43, 51 (same obv. die); BCD Thessaly II 369.3 (same obv. die). VF, lightly toned.
From the BCD Collection.