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E-auction 71-34422 - bgr_333286 - THESSALY - LARISSA Drachme

THESSALY - LARISSA Drachme VF
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Estimate : 145 €
Price : 68 €
Maximum bid : 70 €
End of the sale : 25 August 2014 15:04:00
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 350-340 AC.
Mint name / Town : Larissa, Thessalie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré à l’usure très importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine grise superficielle légèrement corrodée
Catalogue references :

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 paissant à droite, l'antérieur repose sur la ligne de sol.
Reverse legend : LARIS// [AIWN]
Reverse translation : (de Larissa).

Commentary


Poids léger. Cet exemplaire, sur un flan relativement 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. Cette position où le cheval pose l’antérieur sur le sol semble beaucoup plus rare que ceux où il est carrément courbé avec le même antérieur plié. Au revers, nous, la première partie de la légende de Larissa (LARIS) semble absente et non pas manquante. Au-dessus de la ligne d’exergue, nous semblons apercevoir la longe du cheval.
Light weight. This example, on a relatively narrow flan while being relatively complete, shows us the artistic mastery of the engraver who skillfully adapted his subject to the circular shape of the flan, both on the obverse, where the hair harmoniously occupies the entire flan and on the reverse, where the horse seems to bend. This position where the horse places the foreleg on the ground seems much rarer than those where it is completely bent with the same foreleg bent. On the reverse, we, the first part of the legend of Larissa (LARIS) seems absent and not missing. Above the exergue line, we seem to see the horse's rein

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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