Pherai, Thessaly, AR drachm, ca 460-440 BC. 20 mm, 5,87 g.

G-L-A (retrograde), the hero Thessalos, naked, petasos hanging down behind his back, striding right, restraining a bull right using a band around the bull's head. 
F-E-R-A-I, bridled horse trotting right, with trailing rein, lion's head fountain spouting water in left field.

BMC 1; BCD Thessaly II 682; Jameson 1105; Hoover HGC 546.
Very rare.

With permission of Nomos AG Auction 19, Lot 94, Nov 2019