SH68673. Silver drachm, BCD Thessaly II 642 corr. (same dies, says signature is MHT on reverse) = Lavva 154 (V72/R90), VF, poorly struck with magnificently engraved dies, Pharsalos (Farsala, Greece) mint, weight 6.024g, maximum diameter 20.8mm, die axis 45
o, late 5th-mid 4th century B.C.; obverse head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet with Skylla on bowl, raising hand to shade her eyes, tiny TH over MI behind neck; reverse Φ-A-P-Σ (clockwise from upper right, Σ and P retrograde), Thessalian cavalryman on horse prancing right, wearing petasos, chlamys, and chiton, brandishing lagobolon overhead in right, reins in left, horse branded with B on rump and Φ on shoulder, tiny MTH below horse;
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