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Auction 42  1 Mar 2023
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Lot 69

Estimate: 1000 USD
Price realized: 1200 USD
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THESSALY. Larissa. Circa 400-370 B.C. AR drachm. 6.07 gm. 20 mm. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left / Horse grazing left; ΛΑΡIΣAI above. Lorber, Early 29.2a (this coin, illustrated on p. 277). L-S Group 1, Head Type 1, dies O6/R2 Sp. a (this coin). BCD Thessaly II 218 (same obverse die). HGC 4, 432. Extremely Fine; beautiful turquoise and magenta iridescence; sharply struck on a broad flan. Lovely portrait of fine style. This coin illustrated in Lorber.

Ex CNG Auction 75 (23 May 2007) lot 152. Ex LHS 95 (25 October 2005) lot 594. Ex Sotheby's Zurich (27 October 1993) lot 483. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts FPL 41 (June 1992) no. 21.

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