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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2580219, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Yup, apparently I love buying these sweet Thessalian coins!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; here are two more ponies that I scored at yesterday&#039;s auction (both of &#039;em under their initial estimates!!) ... cha-fricken-ching!!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">They are two different denominations ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">THESSALY, Larissa. AR Obol =&gt; $50 Hammer!!</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 10 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 0.78 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Reduced standard. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, with hair in ampyx</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Horse grazing right</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: BCD Thessaly II 342–3; HGC 4, 516</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: 6h … VF, toned, porous</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]559991[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">THESSALY, Larissa. AR Hemidrachm =&gt; $70 Hammer</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 15 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 2.23 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx and necklace</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: ΛAPIΣ/AIΩN around from upper left, horse standing right, preparing to lie down</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: BCD Thessaly II 331-3; HGC 4, 514</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: 11h … Good VF, lie die rust</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">From the BCD Collection</span></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]559990[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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