bgr_1029818 - THESSALY - TRIKKA Hemidrachme
200.00 €(Approx. 234.00$ | 174.00£)
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 440-420 AC.
Mint name / Town : Trikka, Thessalie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Jeune thessalien (Thessalos) nu, coiffé d'un pétase et d'une chlamyde, domptant un taureau à droite dont on aperçoit seulement le protomé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
Reverse description : Protomé de cheval bondissant à droite, la bride flottant, dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Reverse legend : TR/IKK/AIO
Reverse translation : (de Trikka).
Historical background
THESSALY - TRIKKA
(480-420 BC)
Trikka, whose name comes from that of one of the daughters of the river god Peneios, was the second city of Thessaly after Larissa on the banks of Letheus. The city's main coin type resembles early Larissa issues with a Thessalian hero taming a wild bull.
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