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Thessaly, Larissa Early Facing Head Drachm (BCD Thessaly II 218)
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Photo Credit: CNG (Triton XV, 218)
Greek (Classical). Thessaly, Larissa AR Drachm (19.5mm, 5.68 g, 5h), late 5th - early 4th cent. BCE.
Obv: Head of nymph Larissa facing slightly left.
Rev: ΛΑΡΙΣΑ. Horse grazing left.
Published: BCD Thessaly II 218 (this coin); Lorber-Shahar (2007) “Early Facing Head Drachms of Larissa (Catalog),” Group 1, Head Type 1, dies O6/R3, Specimen A (this coin, citing Thess. Hoard No. 18); Lorber (2009, SNR) “Thessaly 1993 Hoard (CH IX 64),” page 131, No. 9 & Plate 9 (this coin illustrated).
See also: HGC 4, 432.
Provenance: Ex Thessaly Hoard, 1993 (CH IX, 64); BCD Collection of Thessaly, part II, Triton XV (NYC, 3 Jan 2012), Lot 218. "Provenance Diagram": External [LINK]
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