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Thessaly, Larissa, AR Hemidrachm, Thessalos, 450-430 BC

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Origin: Thessaly, Larissa
Denomination: AR Hemidrachm
Composition: Silver
Date: 450-430 BC
Obverse: Naked youth standing right, restraining forepart of bull prancing right; rose beneath; crescent above
Reverse: Λ-API, forepart of horse prancing right, sandal of Jason below left; all within incuse square
Size: 16.5mm, 2.92 g, 8h
Grade: VF, toned, nice colouration
Provenance: Ex BCD Collection; Ex W. P. Wallace Collection
References: Lorber, Thessalian 18; BCD Thessaly II 373.1; HGC 4, 456; SNG Alpha Bank 79 var. (no rose); HN 175 var; Sear 2108 var; BMC 7.8 var
General: The obverse shows the Thessalian sport of bull-wrestling. The Thessalian plains were famous in antiquity for their horses. Alexander the Great's own horse, Bucephalus, was originally from Thessaly. Much of the coinage of ancient Thessaly displays different scenes of horses.
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