Watch List notes:

THESSALY. Pharsalos. Late 5th-mid 4th century BC. Drachm (Silver, 20 mm, 5.98 g, 7 h), signed by Telephantos. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet with raised cheek pieces; in tiny letters behind neck, [TH]. Rev. Φ-A / P-Σ Thessalian cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, wearing petasos, chlamys and chiton, and holding a lagobolon over his right shoulder; in exergue, TH. BCD Thessaly II 638 (same dies). Lavva 82b (V42/R47). Sharply struck and of attractive style. Very light doubling on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex UBS 84, 19-20 January 2010, 21.