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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Thessaly| > SH73407
Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, c. 356 - 342 B.C.
|Thessaly|, |Larissa,| |Thessaly,| |Greece,| |c.| |356| |-| |342| |B.C.|, The obverse of most of the coins of Larissa depicted the nymph of the local spring, Larissa, for whom the town was named. The choice was probably inspired by the famous coins of Kimon depicting the Syracusan nymph Arethusa. The reverse usually depicted a horse in various poses. The horse was an appropriate symbol of Thessaly, a land of plains, which was well known for its horses. On other coins, there is a male figure, probably the eponymous hero of the Thessalians, Thessalos.
SH73407. Silver drachm, Lorber Hoard pl. III, 27 (same dies); BCD Thessaly II 322; BCD Thessaly I 1158; SNG Cop 121; HGC 4 454, F, corrosion, etched areas, Larissa mint, weight 5.805g, maximum diameter 19.7mm, die axis 180o, c. 356 - 342 B.C.; obverse head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx, pendant earring, and simple necklace; reverse horse crouching right, left foreleg bent and raised, preparing to roll onto the ground, ΛAPIΣ/AIΩN in two lines starting above, ending in exergue; ex BCD Collection with his tag noting, "St. + Co. ex Thessaly, June 98, SFr. 80.-"; SOLD











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