Coming back to this
thread again, thinking about other favorite reverses in my
collection. Then it hit me: my profile picture!
A most wonderful archaic representation of
Larissa playing with her ball. One of my top three favorite reverses. I
hope that you enjoy. And, for a very different representation, estimated no more than approximately 40 years later, see Lot 173 in the recently closed Künker
Auction 419.
My
reverse:
Thessaly,
Greece, the City of
Larissa. Silver
obol; City of
Larissa; Date: c. 460 - 440 BC;
Weight: .99g;
Diameter: 10mm:
Die axis: 180º; References, for example:
Imhoof-Blumer Nymphen: p. 69 no. 186 pl. V no. 18;
Herrmann Group II b 𝛃 pl. I 16; Traité IV, 654
var.
legend placement,
Larissa r., pl. CCXCVI, 11;
BCD Thessaly I 1111 (this coin);
HGC 4 486.
