426, Lot: 109. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450-430 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.86 g, 2h). The hero Thessalos, with petasos around neck, restraining forepart of bull right by band held around its head; IR (R retrograde) below / ΛΑ-P-IΣA (partially retrograde), forepart of bridled horse right, trailing rein, within incuse square. Lorber, Thessalian, p. 133, 3 (O1/R3); BCD Thessaly II 373.1 var. (sandal on rev.; same obv. die); HGC 4, 456 var. (same; same obv. die as illustration). Fine, toned, light porosity.

From the BCD Collection.