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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hispanicus, post: 2685760, member: 72626&quot;]Smojo,</p><p>Love your OP win, you certainly did well. I’m slowly getting the hang of auction bidding and want to share two recent AR’s from Larissa. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thessaly Larissa, AR Obol, Horse standing right.&nbsp; Ʌ-ARI, Larissa standing right balancing hydria on knee; to left water fountain in the form of lion head; all within an incuse square. 10 mm / .86 g. Circa 440 – 420 BC. [ATTACH=full]601348[/ATTACH]</p><p>The full image of the Nymph Larissa carrying a Hypia, which is so emblematic of ancient Greece caught my attention, especially the level of detail you get at 10 mm in diameter.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]601349[/ATTACH]</p><p>Thessaly, Larissa, AR Hemidrachm, Thessalos right, wearing petasos and chlamys, holding band across head of forepart of bull right. R (retrograde) to lower left/ Ʌ-API bridled horse left; below, sandal of Jason to left all within incuse square. 16mm / 2.92g, Circa 450-430 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although my interests sometimes seem all over the place, one interest in particular with ancients is how religious imagery was communicated, and this one just made me think of a bull being taken to a ritual slaughter, (ok, maybe three quarters of a bull).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Both of these came in very reasonably priced even with the bidders premium fee and shipping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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