THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Trihemiassarion(?) (20.5mm, 7.35 g, 12h). Aristion, strategos. ΝΕΡΩΝ [ΘE] ΣΣΑΛΩ[Ν], radiate head right / ΑΡΙΣΤΙΩ/ΝO [Σ ΣΤΡΑ ΤΗ/ ΓΟV], Taurokathapsia scene: The hero Thessalos jumping from his horse, in background galloping right, onto a bull running right, the head of which he restrains with a band held in both of his hands. BCD Thessaly II 931.2 var. (rev. legend arrangement); Burrer 34 (A9/R27); RPC I 1440. Near VF, dark green surfaces.
From the BCD Collection.