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Auction 28  22 May 2023
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Lot 1171

Estimate: 1250 CHF
Price realized: 1900 CHF
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THESSALY. Krannon. Circa 460-400 BC. Drachm (Silver, 21 mm, 5.87 g, 1 h), struck under the magistrate Xan... ΧΑ-Ν (retrograde) Youthful Hero (Thessalos) walking to right, nude but for cloak and petasos tied over his shoulders, holding, with both hands, a band around the head of a bull rushing to right. Rev. Κ-RΑ (retrograde) Bridled horse trotting to left, reins trailing on the ground; behind, trident; all within shallow incuse square. BCD Thessaly I 1079 (same obverse die). BCD Thessaly II 109 var (same obverse die). Nomos 18, 90 (same dies). A very rare variety, and one of only a very few drachms of Krannon known. Attractive and clear. Good very fine.
Ex Nomos 22, 22 June 2021, 122 and from a collection in Germany, acquired prior to 2005.
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