v34_0155 - THESSALY - LARISSA Drachme
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 460-440 AC.
Mint name / Town : Larissa
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale. Petite faiblesse de frappe sur le personnage au droit. Très joli revers recouvert d’une jolie fine patine avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Jeune thessalien (Thessalos) nu, coiffé d'un pétase et d'une chlamyde, domptant un taureau à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cheval bridé bondissant à droite ; le tout dans les restes d'un carré creux.
Reverse legend : LAR/ISA
Reverse translation : (Larissa).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection Pozzi (n° 1212, pl. LX).
Same corners as the copy from the Pozzi collection (no. 1212, pl. LX)
Same corners as the copy from the Pozzi collection (no. 1212, pl. LX)
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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