Ancients => Man, I fricken stole this coin!! (yup, another Thessaly!!)

I tossed-out an opening-bid and it ran the gauntlet!! (I love when that happens!!)

$90

THESSALY, Trikka, AR Hemidrachm
Circa 440-400 BC
Diameter: 16 mm
Weight: 2.87 grams
Obverse: Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right; E below bull’s head, V between the legs of Thessalos
Reverse: Forepart of bridled horse right; TP I /KKA I OИ around from upper left (KK retrograde); all within incuse square
Reference: BCD Thessaly II 775.5 (same dies)
Other: 1h … VF, pit on the reverse
From the BCD Collection

 

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That is a good grab for $90.

 

Are you kidding. Great price for an even greater coin. Outstanding.

 

Interesting piece better price. Yea!

 

Apparently, Thessalos (Thessalus) was the son of Heracles and Chalciope ...

... very cool parents

 

Cool pickup! BCD really had coins in every grade. This looks like it was from his nicer pile.

 

Who is "BCD"?

 

We don't really know.

Numiswiki

Great coin, Steve!

 

Thanks for responding to the BCD question, JA ...

I actually have a few other BCD examples (when I get back from my dinner-date, perhaps I'll post 'em) ... thanks again

Cheers

 

*Slluurp*, hrum my bad...
Fantastic piece ya' got there Steve.

 

Please post all of your cool "Thessaly Coins" ... or your coins with lil' fat dudes wrestling bulls ... ummm, or coins with half-a-horse ... etc

=> I know that I'm gonna post a few of mine in a sec, so please go first!!

Cheers

 

Great coin! Made me drop my mouse.

 

Nice coin addiction... I mean addition, wait I thought you were done for the year?

 

Steve is like the Borneo savage in this Little Rascals episode:

 

Thanks for the coin-compliments (I think?)

 

Hey curious? => the description states "pit on the reverse" ... this would probably be a banker's mark, yes? (or merely somebody pokin' it with a knife to ensure that it's made of silver, correct?)




... man, that's a cool coin, eh? (wow, yesterday's two coins still make me giddy!!)

=> Borneo Giddy!! (yum-yum, eat 'em up!!)

 

Could be anything but yeah, could be a test punch to see if it's silver all the way through.

 

yummy-yummy => very nice!!

 

That video feels incredibly racist.