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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 8231420, member: 112342&quot;]A coin type that was in my bucket list for a long time, but for some reason these coins are really expensive compared to other hemidrachms. </p><p>However I recently got this nice example from [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], and to boot it, the coin is an ex BCD with a handwritten tag stating stating, “T/ne ex Thess., Jan. 87, £50”, which makes it the oldest provenance in my collection. </p><p>I really like the detail of Thassalos&#039; face even on this tiny worn coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447101[/ATTACH] </p><p>Thessaly, Trikka</p><p>2.76g, 15.9mm</p><p>440-400 BC</p><p>BCD Thessaly II 781.1 (same dies); HGC 4, 311</p><p>Obv: Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right.</p><p>Rev: [T]-P-IK, forepart of bridled horse right; all within incuse square.</p><p><br /></p><p>Old school polaroid cut-outs of the coin, I really appreciates BCD&#039;s laborious effort to take photos of his coins and then making cut-outs of the polaroids! (although I wonder why).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447102[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the modern day sport of Jallikattu played in the state of Tamil Nadu. I like how this photo represents the coin, where the youth who is holding onto the hump and horn is getting dragged along with the raging bull, only the Petasos cap is missing!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447103[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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