430, Lot: 83. Estimate $75. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 450-430 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15.5mm, 2.81 g, 12h). Thessalos, nude but for petasos and cloak tied at neck, standing left, holding band across horns of bull forepart leaping left / Λ-A-P-I, forepart of bridled horse leaping right; all within incuse square. Lorber,
Thessalian 28 (same obv. die); BCD Thessaly II 375.2 var. (same dies); HGC 4, 457. Near VF, lightly toned, granular surfaces, shallow mark and die wear on reverse.
From the BCD Collection.