Coins and Historical Medals

THESSALY, Larissa, Drachm, 460-450, Thessalos holding band across horns of bull, petasos flying behind, rev. λα ρι, bridled horse bounding right, 5.61g (BCD Thessaly 355.2, same dies; McClean 4587, same dies; Lorber Thessalian pl. 41, 9, same obv. die; BMC 6). Light porosity, very fine £200-£260

Provenance: Gerhard Hirsch Auktion 223 (Munich), 26 September 2002, lot 1582