v09_0061 - THESSALY - LARISSA Drachme

MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 228.67 €

Type : Drachme

Date: c. 420-395 AC.

Mint name / Town : Thessalie, Larissa

Metal : silver

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 5,88 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Usure régulière avec une inscription particulièrement bien venue à la frappe. Flan large et complet. Faiblesse de frappe sur le taureau / Usure importante, mais sujets complets

Catalogue references :

2770 (= coll. Pozzi 1229) - BMC.54 pl. 5/13 - Delepierre1115 - B. traité698 pl. 298/9

Obverse

Obverse description : Taureau bondissant à droite.

Obverse legend : LARISAIWN.

Reverse

Reverse description : Cavalier (Thessalos ?) galopant à droite, coiffé du pétase, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant le kentron de la main droite.

Historical background

THESSALY - LARISSA

(420-360 BC)

Thessaly was an agricultural and livestock region with wide open spaces. It was renowned for its horses and riders. 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 renowned for its horse breeding and Thessalos, the eponymous hero of the region, trained wild bulls there..