bgr_598148 - THESSALY - LARISSA Drachme
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Price : 480.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 480.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Larissa
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,30 g.
Rarity : R2
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Exemplaire provenant de la collection du docteur C. M
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Larissa de face tournée de trois-quarts de face à gauche, les cheveux retenus par un bandeau (l'ampyx).
Reverse
Reverse description : Cheval à gauche, levant l'antérieur droit, s’ébrouant.
Reverse legend : LARI/SAIWN
Reverse translation : (Des Larissiens).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire sur un flan étroit tout en étant relativement complet nous montre la maîtrise artistique du graveur qui a su habilement adapter son sujet à la forme circulaire du flan, tant au niveau du droit, où la chevelure vient harmonieusement occuper l’ensemble du flan et au revers, où le cheval semble se courber. La représentation du cheval à gauche est beaucoup moins courante.
This example on a narrow flan while being relatively complete shows us the artistic mastery of the engraver who knew how to skillfully adapt his subject to the circular shape of the flan, both on the obverse, where the hair harmoniously occupies the whole of the flan and on the reverse, where the horse seems to bend. The representation of the horse on the left is much less common
This example on a narrow flan while being relatively complete shows us the artistic mastery of the engraver who knew how to skillfully adapt his subject to the circular shape of the flan, both on the obverse, where the hair harmoniously occupies the whole of the flan and on the reverse, where the horse seems to bend. The representation of the horse on the left is much less common
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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