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bgr_400611 - THESSALY - LARISSA Dichalque

THESSALY - LARISSA Dichalque AU/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Larissa, Thessalie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Belle tête de Larissa. Frappe faible sur la légende au revers. Jolie patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Savoca Coins et de la collection Laurent F

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Larissa à droite, les cheveux retenus par un filet ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE PARTIELLEMENT INVERSÉE.
Reverse description : Cheval à droite, levant l'antérieur gauche.
Reverse legend : [SAIWN]/[LARI]
Reverse translation : (des Larissiens).

Commentary


Poids très léger. En fait le monnayage divisionnaire semble beaucoup plus rare que le monnayage d’argent.
Very light weight. In fact, fractional coinage seems much rarer than silver coinage.

Historical background


THESSALY - LARISSA

(400-344 BC)

Larissa, the most important city of Thessaly, takes its name from one of the daughters of the mythical king Pelasgos. Built on the right bank of the Peneios, the city was famous for its horse breeding and Thessalos, the eponymous hero of the region, trained wild bulls there.. When Philip II of Macedon invaded Thessaly in 353 BC. -VS. , he installed democratic governments there under the protection of Macedonian garrisons responsible for maintaining order. He created four great districts at the head of which he placed tetrarchs, Simos being that of the district of Larissa. This organization was to last only eight years because, in 344 BC. -VS. , Philip II invades Thessaly again, drives out Simos and incorporates the whole province into the kingdom of Macedonia, ending the coinage. For the coinage of Larissa, there are three studies: the article by F. Hermann, Die Silbermünzen von Larissa in Thessalien, ZfN. 35 (1925), the article by T. R. Martin, The Chronology of the fourth century B. VS. , Facing Head Silver Coinage of Larissa, MN. 28, 1983 and the article by C. Lorber, The Early Facing Head Drachms of Thessalian Larissa, in Florilegium Numismaticum, Studia in Honorem U. Westermark, Stockholm 1992.

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