I never thought I could get a coin like this but after passing a test I needed to take to upgrade the license/certification for my job I decided to reward myself and splurge on one of the front facing drachms of Larissa! Feel free to post any examples you have of this type as well! Greek. Mainland. Classical Period. Thessaly, Larissa AR (Silver) drachm. Struck circa 365-356 BC. VF; the plate coin in Lorber. Design: Head of the nymph Larissa facing, turning slightly right/ Horse grazing right; name of city above Reference: HGC 4, 452. Lorber. Series 2, dies O7/R2 (this coin) Dimensions: 18mm/5.93 grams Condition: VF; pleasing artistic type.
That's a real beauty! Double-Congrats: on your upgrade for license/certification and for your Larissa Drachm. Great job!!!
Here is my example of Larissa. The photo and description are courtesy of Davisson's. I especially liked that this coin showed most of the horse and that Larissa's portrait was so well centered. THESSALY. Larissa. Circa 400-370 B.C. AR drachm. 6.23 gm. 17 mm. Reverse die signed by Simo-. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right / Horse grazing right; thyrsos(?) to right; ΛΑΡI above, ΣΙΜΟ in exergue. Lorber, Early 2.3. L-S Group 3, Head Type 8, dies O20/R3, Sp. h (this coin). BCD Thessaly II 191 (same dies). HGC 4, 430. Good Very Fine; attractively toned with iridescent highlights; reverse die breaks. Rare signed die. Examples of this reverse die very rarely have thyrsos visible on flan. Choice example. Ex Harlan Berk BBS 156 (23 October 2007) lot 106 (his tag: "reverse die unpublished. Signed in exergue by "SIMO").
Here is my only Larissa coin, just an AR Trihemiobol bought in 2018: 12 mm, 0.945 g Thessaly, Larissa, ca. 356 - 337 BC BCD Thessaly II 327; HGC 4, 475; BMC (Thessaly to Aetolia) 70; SG 2128; SNG Copenhagen 134; Herrmann pl. IV, 1 Ex BCD collection. Ob.: Head of the nymph Larissa ¾ facing to l., wearing ampyx and necklace Rev.: ΛA(P) IΣ-(A)IΩN, Thessalian horseman, wearing petasos and chlamys, riding to r., holding whip. Picture courtesy CNG
Oh, lovely! Well done. I've never had a Larissa, but thought this pseudo-Rhodian Macedonian drachm I used to own rather resembled her. (Even though it's an effeminate-looking Helios here instead of Larissa.)
