Thessaly, Larissa (c. 344-337 BC), AR Obol, Herrmann Group VII, pl. V, 19; SNG Copenhagen 135

Thessaly, Larissa (c. 344-337 BC), AR Obol, Herrmann Group VII, pl. V, 19; SNG Copenhagen 135 (10 mm, 0.99 g)

Obverse: Head of the nymph Larissa facing, turned slightly to the left, wearing ampyx, pendant earring, and simple necklace
Reverse: ΛAΡIΣ-AIΩN, horse feeding to right, with straight legs

 

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Lovely toning!

 

Great Larissa, @Amit Vyas !

Mine was a gift from a super coin friend, @ancientcoinguru !

LARISSA


Thessaly Larissa 344-337 BCE AR Obol 0.68g 9mm 3/4 Facing NymphLarissa Horse Grazing SNG Cop 1

 

Great portrait & toning.


Thessaly, Larissa (360 - 325 B.C.)
Æ Dichalkon
O: Head of Larissa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx; grain ears in hair.
R: Horseman riding right, holding lance;
5.84g
19mm
Rogers 284; BCD Thessaly II 393; HGC 4, 53

 

Very nice. These larger bronze coins almost always have more wear on the portrait. In particular, the nose gets worn flat, making the whole portrait appear somewhat funny.

I understand that the portrait itself was adapted from the more famous one of the nymph Arethusa by Cimon.

 

Very nice toning mine has patina

 

That is a very well preserved portrait for a bronze of this type! My brain just can't see the reverse right, reversing the positive and negative spaces.

 

THESSALY, LARISSA
AR Trihemiobol
OBVERSE: Head of nymph Larissa three-quarter facing left in necklace, hair confined by fillet & floating loosely, with ampyx in front
REVERSE: ΛAPI (Laris) above, horse feeding right.
Struck at Larissa 395-344 BC
.75g, 10mm
SNG Cop 135

THESSALY, LARISSA
AR Trihemiobol
OBVERSE: Head of the nymph Larissa right, wearing pendant earring
REVERSE: ΛAPI above, ΠΛE in exergue, horse right, about to roll
Struck at Larissa 370-360 BC
1.4g, 12mm
BCD Thessaly II 274; Hoover, Volume 4 under "trihemiobols (c. 1.5g)" on page 146, number 474. R2 = Very Rare...3-24 extant examples

 

Cool toning.

 

Have been looking at greek coin denominations and it seems that @Amit Vyas OP coin classifies as a Trihemiobol, @Bing's first one as an Obol and his second one as a Diobol.
Maybe I am wrong; you can check it out here:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.aspkey=greek coin denominations

This is my AR Trihemiobol, which I have shared already before in another thread

Thessaly, Larissa, ca. 356 - 337 BC
12 mm, 0.945 g
BCD Thessaly II 327; HGC 4, 475; BMC 70; Sear 2128; SNG Copenhagen 134

Obv.: Head of the nymph Larissa ¾ facing left, wearing ampyx and necklace
Rev.: (ΛAP) IΣ/(A)IΩN, Thessalian horseman, wearing petasos and chlamys, riding right, holding whip.