Coins and Antiquities Consignment Shop
  Welcome To Forum Ancient Coins!!! All Items Purchased From Forum Ancient Coins Are Guaranteed Authentic For Eternity!!! Please Call Us If You Have Questions 252-646-1958 or 252-497-2724 Expert Authentication - Accurate Descriptions - Reasonable Prices - Coins From Under $10 To Museum Quality Rarities Welcome To Forum Ancient Coins!!! All Items Purchased From Forum Ancient Coins Are Guaranteed Authentic For Eternity!!! Internet Challenged? We Are Happy To Take Your Order Over The Phone 252-646-1958 Explore Our Website And Find Joy In The History, Numismatics, Art, Mythology, And Geography Of Coins!!!

×Catalog Main Menu
Fine Coins Showcase
Antiquities Showcase
New & Reduced
Show Empty Categories
Shop Search
Shopping Cart
My FORVM
Contact Us
About Forum
Shopping at Forum
Our Guarantee
Payment Options
Shipping Options & Fees
Privacy & Security
Forum Staff
Selling Your Coins
Identifying Your Coin
FAQs
zoom.asp
    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Thessaly| > SH73402
Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, c. 450 - 400 B.C.
|Thessaly|, |Larissa,| |Thessaly,| |Greece,| |c.| |450| |-| |400| |B.C.|, During religious games, the young men of Thessaly participated in bull jumping and bull wrestling. In bull wrestling, participants would jump from a horse, naked save a chlamys (cloak) and petasos (hat), to bring a bull down to the ground. The obverse shows a wrestler bringing down a bull and the reverse shows the horse running free after the leap was made. The game may have originated in Asia Minor and then traveled to Crete, where it is known the people of Thessaly learned the sport.
SH73402. Silver drachm, Lorber Thessalian 46, BCD Thessaly II 171, HGC 4 418 (S), BCD Thessaly I -, F, etched surfaces, Larissa mint, weight 5.260g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 180o, c. 450 - 400 B.C.; obverse hero Thessalos restraining bull, both right, holding band around its head, nude but for billowing chlamys tied around his neck, petasos flying loose in the air behind him; reverse bridled horse running right, trailing rein, ΛAP/IΣAI in two lines above and below, all within shallow incuse square; ex BCD Collection with his tag noting, "V. ex. Thess., June 2009, €45.-"; scarce; SOLD










BCD Auction Catalogs

BCD Corinth. Numismatik Lanz. Münzen von Korinth: Sammlung BCD. Auction 105, München, 26 November 2001.
BCD Euboia. Numismatik Lanz. Münzen von Euboia: Sammlung BCD. Auction 111, Munich, 25 November 2002.
BCD Olympia. Leu Numismatics. Coins of Olympia: The BCD Collection. Auction 90, Zürich, 10 May 2004.
BCD Boiotia. Classical Numismatic Group. The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Boiotia. Triton IX Auction, Session 1, New York, 10 January 2006.
BCD Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics. Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection. Catalog of public auction 96, Zürich, 8-9 May 2006.
BCD Peloponnesos II. Classical Numismatic Group. The BCD Collection of Coins of the Peloponnesos, Part II. Mail Bid Sale 81/2, 20 May 2009.
BCD Akarnania. Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, Stuttgart, 18 October 2007.
BCD Lokris. Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG. The BCD Collection, Lokris - Phokis. Auction 55, Zürich, 8 October 2010.
BCD Thessaly. Nomos AG, Auction IV. Coins of Thessaly, The BCD Collection. Zürich, 10 May 2011.
BCD Thessaly II. Classical Numismatic Group. The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly. Triton XV Auction, New York, 3 January 2012.

Catalog current as of Saturday, April 20, 2024.
Page created in 0.578 seconds.
All coins are guaranteed for eternity