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Unique Middle Facing Head Drachm with Control Letters

CNG 96, Lot: 180. Estimate $300.
Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 380-365 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.88 g, 12h). Middle facing head type. Reverse die signed by the artist Ep-. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, with hair in ampyx / Horse standing right; in background, Thessalian warrior standing right; tiny EΠ below horse’s belly. L-S Series 3, dies O3/R– (unlisted rev. die); BCD Thessaly II 291 var. (same obv. die; no EΠ on rev.). Good VF, toned, some roughness, double struck on reverse. Unpublished with control letters on reverse, unique for middle facing head series.


From the BCD Collection.