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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24828868, member: 26430&quot;]Oh, that&#039;s the rare type of Krannon Hydria coin with Poseidon/Zeus on the obverse and two crows on the reverse. (The more common bronze is the one with the rider on the obverse and one crow or no crows.) Cool coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thessaly is one of my sub-collections. The coinage is fascinating for all the local history &amp; mythology depicted on the coins. (The BCD Thessaly Catalogs, <a href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/nomos_04_proof" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/nomos_04_proof" rel="nofollow">Nomos 4</a> and <a href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/bcd_triton_xv_virtual_catalog" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/bcd_triton_xv_virtual_catalog" rel="nofollow">Triton XV.1</a> are two of my favorite pieces of recent numismatic literature. Both of those catalogs have nice writeups on the OP type.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have two Krannon coins, but no hydria cart yet. Both reference the Taurokathapsia (Thessalian bull-fighting games):</p><p><br /></p><p><b>THESSALY, Krannon Æ Chalkous</b> (14mm, 2.10 g, 12h), c. 400 - 375 BCE.</p><p>This coin = BCD Thessaly 115.4.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589832[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>THESSALY, Krannon AR Obol</b> (11.5mm, 0.97g, 11h). c. 460 BCE.</p><p>This coin = Liampi, Corpus, Group I, I.B.4 (V3/R2) (specimen D) = <i>Collection sans Pareille</i> 724, ex Leo Mildenberg Collection, acq. 1960 from MM FPL 206, 21.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589836[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I have maybe 60-100 coins of Thessaly, from a dozen or so mints and the Thessalian League/Koinon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trying to post just a few is hard -- I&#039;m realizing I have a lot of favorites!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Thessaly, Larissa AR Drachm</b> (18.5mm, 5.68g, 5h), early 4th cent. BCE.</p><p>This coin = BCD Thessaly II 218 = Ex Thessaly Hoard, 1993 (CH IX, 64) = Lorber-Shahar (2007) “Early Facing Head Drachms of Larissa (Catalog),” O6/R3, specimen A = Lorber (2009, SNR) “Thessaly 1993 Hoard (CH IX 64),” No. 9.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589841[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Thessaly, Pelinna AR Obol </b>(0.82g), late 5th BCE. Interesting depiction of a Peltast (Thessalian warrior with better glutes than the horse!).</p><p>This coin = Pozzi (Boutin) 2826 = Pozzi (Naville Ars Classica I, 14 Mar 1921) 1236 = BCD Thessaly 1433.7 = Al Thani V (NAC 133) 59. Cited in <a href="https://www.academia.edu/63150863/Peltasts_in_Thessaly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/63150863/Peltasts_in_Thessaly" rel="nofollow">Sprawski (2014) “Peltasts in Thessaly”</a> p. 96, 103, p. 96 n. 9</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589842[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Thessaly, Herakleia Trachineia AR Obol </b>(10mm, 0.81g, 7h), early to mid 4th cent. BCE.</p><p>This coin = ex Lambros (1843-1909) Collection; Hirsch XXIX (Munich, 9 Nov 1910), Lot 316; R. Jameson (1861-1942) Collection, published (1913), Jameson No. 1081a (p. 245 &amp; pl. XCIV); Jacobs Hirsch Estate (?); NAC D (2 March 1994), 1397; BCD Collection; Jim Gilman Collection, acq. from Kirk Davis, Feb 2014.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589843[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A few favorites from Phalanna:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589844[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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