★ Ex BCD ★

THESSALY, Gyrton (early-mid 4th century BCE) AE dichalkon. 4.93g, 17mm.
Obv: Bare head of the hero Gyrton right; to right, head and neck of bridled horse right
Rev: ΓYPTΩNIΩ[N], head of the nymph Gyrtone left, wearing earring and necklace.
Rogers 228; BCD Thessaly I 1052; BCD Thessaly II 78; HGC 4, 370.
Ex CNG E-Auction 448 lot 66, from the BCD Collection (with his tag), acquired in Thessaly in 1992 for 35 DM.
Nice obverse on this appealing and unusual type.