THESSALY. Pharkadon. Circa 460-440 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 16 mm, 2.99 g, 9 h). Hero, nude and with petasos and chlamys flying behind his back, advancing right and holding a band with both his hands passing around the head of a bull's forepart to right. Rev. Φ-ΑΡ-ΚΑΔΟΝΙ Forepart of a horse to right; all within incuse square. HGC 4, 292. BCD Thessaly I 1267 ( same dies ). SNG Copenhagen 210 ( same dies ). Perfectly centered on a very broad flan, and with beautiful iridescent toning. A few faint scratches, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a Bavarian collection, formed in the early 2000s.