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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2023355, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">First of all, I&#039;d like to thank TIF for not bidding against me on this baby!! (she e-mailed me and gave me the heads-up that she&#039;d seen my name and therefore decided not to bid on this sweet archaic winner) ... thanks again, TIF (now I owe ya &quot;two&quot;)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... anyway ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I love this cool new coin from Thessaly, Larissa .... oh and yes, I realize that I just recently bought another Thessaly Larissa example ... funny the way that seems to go, eh? Once I buy a coin from an area I tend to look around for another one or two examples before I wander off down another coin-avenue (like a sheep grazing in a field until something scares it off) ... I threw-in that sheep analogy for you, Bing</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">THESSALY, Larissa, AR Obol </span></b></p><p>Circa 460-440 BC</p><p>Diameter: 12 mm</p><p>Weight: 0.90 grams</p><p>Obverse: Horse advancing right; above, head of lion right</p><p>Reverse: Λ [Α] RI around from upper left, Larissa standing right, balancing hydria on raised knee; to left, lion’s head fountain right, from which water pours forth; all within incuse square</p><p>Reference: BCD Thessaly II 358.1 (same dies)</p><p>Other: 9h … VF</p><p><i>From the BCD Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]366763[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]366764[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh and as always =&gt; please post any coins that you feel might be relevant to this thread (Thessaly coins, horse coins, coins with lions spitting water, coins with people carrying jugs, coins with jugs, etc, etc) </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... ummm, or really anything that you want to post (I like you guys)</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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