Thessaly, Krannon

SGCV --, Liampi, Corpus, p. 106, 4, pl. 4, 45/47

AR Obol, .81 g., 10.73 mm. max. 180°

Struck ca. 462/1-460 B.C.

Obv.: Forepart of bull left, head and neck right; trident behind.

Rev.: K-RA, bridled head and neck of horse right; all within incuse square

The city of Krannon, named for the son of Poseidon, was located in Thessaly near the source of the river Onchestus. The devices on this emission depict the taurokathapsia -- a form of bull fighting that was popular in Thessaly, in which a man on horseback would grab the horns of a running bull, leap onto the bull, dismount, and wrestle it to the ground.

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