384, Lot: 79. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450/40-420 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.97 g, 12h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos and chlamys hanging around neck, restraining bull left by band held around its head / [Λ]ΑPI / Σ-ΑΙΑ, bridled horse rearing right within incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian 50; BCD Thessaly I 1128 (same rev. die); BCD Thessaly II 173-4; HGC 4, 420 (same rev. die as illustration). Good VF.
From the BCD Collection.