| Davissons, Ltd. > Auction 43 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 57 Price realized: 1,600 USD (Approx. 1,474 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: THESSALY. Larissa. Early to mid 4th century B.C. AR drachm. 5.91 gm. 20 mm. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, wearing necklace and pendant earring with a bead; her right shoulder with a garment clasp just visible; border of dots; [ΓΕΥ] on hair band, ΛΙ above the hair in tiny letters / Bridled horse right, about to roll; indistinct brand mark on haunch, rein trailing below exergual line; ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ in exergue, ΑΙ in tiny letters below horse's belly. Lorber, Early, 21.1 (these dies) (among the finest dies in the series). Good Very Fine; fine early style, unusually well centered and beautifully rendered on a large, full round flan; lightly toned; a die flaw starting in the hair on the left part of the obverse. C. Lorber, The Early Facing Head Drachms of Thessalian Larissa, in FS Westermark, Florilegium, 21.1. Ex Rauch 42 (16 January 1989) lot 2976. Hammer AS 9000. Ex BCD Thessaly (CNG Triton XV, 3 January 2012, lot 210; tags and notes with coin). Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
