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Live auction - bgr_386606 - THESSALY - LARISSA Drachme

THESSALY - LARISSA Drachme XF
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Estimate : 450 €
Price : 280 €
Maximum bid : 280 €
End of the sale : 19 April 2016 14:09:25
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 440-420 AC.
Mint name / Town : Larissa, Thessalie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifaible. Patine grise superficielle, légèrement granuleuse

Obverse


Obverse description : Jeune thessalien (Thessalos) nu, coiffé d'un pétase et d'une chlamyde, domptant un taureau à gauche.

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE EN PARTIE RÉTROGRADE.
Reverse description : Cheval bridé bondissant à droite ; le tout dans les restes d'un carré creux.
Reverse legend : LA/RISA.
Reverse translation : (Larissa).

Commentary


Poids léger. Exemplaire frappé sur un petit coin au droit. Un annelet en creux sur la croupe du cheval. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Hoover, p. 137, n° 416.

Historical background


THESSALY - LARISSA

(480-420 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..

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