First coin of 2017: Thessaly, Larissa AR hemidrachm

I love the toning on your coin, @Sallent! Great centering, too... I like how the ethnic is totally readable. I've had a Larissa/horse coin on my watch list for a while now.

 

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These coins show a horse in the process of rolling onto the ground. IMHO the good ones are the ones which record an accurate split second in the flip book movie of this action and the less interesting ones (despite condition) show a horse just standing there. I like yours. I have had mine for many years. When I got it, a long since deceased friend told me he liked mine because of the text book columnarization on the obverse under the chin which he believed to be an excellent sign of a coin being genuine. There is also a great deal of variation in the quality of the die work on the 3/4 face. I like yours also. May you still be happy with your coin when you have had it for as long as I have had mine.