VAuctions > Pars Coins Sale 50Auction date: 16 December 2024
Lot number: 21

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 350-325 BC. AR Drachm (6.04 gm; 19 mm). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing single-pendant earring and plain necklace / ΛAΡIΣ / AIΩN, Horse standing right, about to roll, plant below. Lorber 2000 Taf. 3, 27 ff; SNG Copenhagen 120-121; BCD Thessaly II 320. Well struck on a nice broad flan. Perfectly centered. Choice Superb EF.

Estimate: 2000 USD

Starting price: 1200 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIII Online SessionsAuction date: 22 January 2025
Lot number: 5092

Price realized: 1,100 USD   (Approx. 1,056 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 6.07 g, 5h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx / Horse standing right, preparing to lie down. Lorber, Hoard, Phase L-III, 48 (same obv. die); BCD Thessaly II 316; HGC 4, 453; Gulbenkian 477; Traité IV 701. Toned, trace patches of find patina, a little off center on reverse. Good VF.


Estimate: 750 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 129Auction date: 13 May 2025
Lot number: 140

Price realized: 600 USD   (Approx. 538 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 6.02 g, 2h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx / Horse standing right, preparing to lie down. Lorber, Hoard, Phase L-III, 38; BCD Thessaly II 316; HGC 4, 453. Lightly toned, shallow test cut on edge, small area of die rust on obverse, double struck on reverse. Good VF.

From the G. Savonarola Collection. Ex CNG inventory 727661 (September 2001).


Estimate: 750 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 587Auction date: 21 May 2025
Lot number: 134

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 365-356 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.60 g, 5h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx / Horse standing right, preparing to lie down. Lorber, Hoard, Phase L-II; BCD Thessaly II 315; HGC 4, 454 corr. (illustrations for 453 and 454 switched). Toned, granular surfaces, a few cleaning scratches, mark on obverse, scrape on reverse. Good VF.

Ex Cayón Electronic Auction 80 (28 February 2022), lot 30043.


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 589Auction date: 18 June 2025
Lot number: 102

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 6.03 g, 5h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx / Horse standing right, preparing to lie down. Lorber, Hoard, Phase L-III; BCD Thessaly II 316; HGC 4, 453. Toned, minor deposits, remnants of lacquer on obverse, minor doubling and a little off center on reverse. VF.


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 129Auction date: 13 May 2025
Lot number: 141

Price realized: 3,000 USD   (Approx. 2,688 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 12.15 g, 12h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx / Bridled horse prancing right. L-S Type 2, Series B, dies O10/R1, a (this coin); BCD Thessaly II 305; HGC 4, 409. Toned, with some blue iridescence, remnants of find patina, slight granularity and some porosity. EF.

Ex Lanz 36 (21 April 1986), lot 255.


Estimate: 2000 USD