Ancient: Greek AE

Latest addition is a cheap greek I got. Not even sure if its attributed correctly.


Lariasa Thessaly (2nd century BC)
Æ18
o: Head of the nymph Larissa right, with hair tied in bun at back; monogram behind .
R: Apollo standing right, shooting arrow with his bow; monogram to right.
18mm
5.09

 

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That's a nice low grade coin. Do you know the region or city the coin is from?

 

I think its Lariasa Thessaly (2nd century BC)

 

Man, ya gotta love the good ol' nymph coins, eh?

 

check out the second coin here at wildwinds mat, i think that it. a tad larger than your, so maybe not...but they have it as "apollo" and "artermis".

http://wildwinds.com/coins//greece/thessaly/larissa/t.html


apollo always looks like a chick to me....awwwwwwwwwwwkward.

 

I saw that on a few sites, but still not sure. Mine looks to have a quiver on the lower left at 7 o clock and the leg on the reverse is shaped different.

 

Cool. Lariasa has some neat coins

 

Even though it's low grade, the portrait is of great style. The engraver must have been a skilled artist

Q

 

hmmmm...yeah, that may not be it. does anyone know what the "BCD" reference is that wildwinds uses for the coin? that may be a good tree to bark up.

 

Well, thanks to another collector on Forvm replying to a thread of mine, now I have found a proper looking match on CNG, he linked to a low grade one from a old Forvm item.

http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=22400

 

Nice little coin. It's funny, I have some worn Greek bronzes and when I see pics of better-grade examples, I actually appreciate my coins more. My mind's eye fills in the detail.

 

You want the BCD reference? You got the BCD reference (at least for Thessaly):

BCD Thessaly I:
http://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/nomos_04_proof

BCD Thessaly II:
http://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/bcd_triton_xv_virtual_catalog

 

Thanks for these!

 

Ardy => man, those cool books are always a hit (thanks for posting them)

 

yes indeed, thanks ard!