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Nomos 4

10 May 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 800 CHF
Hammer Price:  13000 CHF
Lot 1128

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 420-400 BC. Drachm (Silver, 6.16 g 12). Thessalos, with cloak and petasos over his shoulders, leaping left, both feet off the ground, holding a rushing bull by a band around its head. Rev. ΛΑΡΙ / ΣΑΙΑ Bridled horse with trailing rein galloping to right; all within shallow incuse square. Herrmann Group III H, pl. III, 21. Lorber 2008, pl. 43, 52. A lovely coin, a remarkably fine example, beautifully toned and well struck. Extremely fine.


From the collection of the Johns Hopkins University and J. W. Garrett, II, Bank Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984, 202 (CHF 3800), acquired from W. Raymond on 5 March 1925.

Online bidding closes: 10 May 2011, 14:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 18 Apr 2024, 21:32:16 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:13000 CHF

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