Thessaly. Larissa. Circa 420-400 BC. Drachm (Silver, 20 mm, 6.04 g, 3 h). Head of the nymph Larissa to right, wearing pendant earring and with her hair in a sakkos. Rev. ΛΑΡΙΣΑ / Ι - Α Bridled horse prancing to right, with loose rein. BCD 1131 (this coin). Hermann pl. IV, 10 (same dies). Lorber 2008, pl. 43, 65. Traité IV 695, pl. CCXCVIII, 5 (same dies). A lovely coin, nicely toned, in good silver and on a full flan; very possibly the finest example of this type known. Extremely fine. From the Ravenel Collection, USA, and from the BCD Collection, Nomos 4, 10 May 2011, 1131, ex Leu 30, 28 April 1982, 99.
Price realized | 23'000 CHF |
Starting price | 12'000 CHF |
Estimate | 15'000 CHF |