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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3085411, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Greece (Thessaly, Pharkadon): silver hemidrachm; Thessalos restraining bull, ca. 440-400 BC</b></font></font></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/KBuhaSZQEl5rpuF4n4EY" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/KBuhaSZQEl5rpuF4n4EY" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Kp05QttjTZmIV3ZX1nCo_Thessaly%2C%20Pharkadon-hemidrachm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> The hero <a href="https://archaicwonder.tumblr.com/post/139628810043/the-greek-hero-thessalos-this-drachm-was-struck-by" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archaicwonder.tumblr.com/post/139628810043/the-greek-hero-thessalos-this-drachm-was-struck-by" rel="nofollow">Thessalos</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petasos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petasos" rel="nofollow">petasos</a> around neck, restraining forepart of bull by its head.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse: </b>Forepart of horse right within incuse square, Φ-Α-Ρ-Κ-ΑΔ-Ο (partially retrograde).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Issuing authority: </b>Pharkadon (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharcadon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharcadon" rel="nofollow">Pharcadon</a>) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaly" rel="nofollow">Thessaly</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Composition, diameter, weight:</b> Silver, 15 mm, 2.72 g.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Grade, certification:</b> VF; some light marks near obverse rim.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference attribution: </b>BCD Thessaly II 603; HGC 4, 292 (per Sphinx Numismatics).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Provenance:</b> Ex-Sphinx Numismatics, Markham, Ontario, Canada, via VCoins store, 26 January 2018.<a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/151/product/103kr7z_thessaly_pharkadon_circa_440400_bc_ar_hemidrachm_15mm_272_g_6h_the_hero_thessalos_with_petasos_around_neck_restraining_forepart_of_bull_right_by_band_held_vf/938720/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/151/product/103kr7z_thessaly_pharkadon_circa_440400_bc_ar_hemidrachm_15mm_272_g_6h_the_hero_thessalos_with_petasos_around_neck_restraining_forepart_of_bull_right_by_band_held_vf/938720/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">*</a> Prior provenance to the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bcd%20collection" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bcd%20collection" rel="nofollow">BCD Collection</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Notes:</b> The ritual sport of bull-wrestling as practiced in Thessaly apparently involved riding up to the bull on horseback and then leaping off one's horse to subdue it. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This coin is pedigreed to the large and often-cited BCD collection.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3085411, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Greece (Thessaly, Pharkadon): silver hemidrachm; Thessalos restraining bull, ca. 440-400 BC[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] [URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/KBuhaSZQEl5rpuF4n4EY'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Kp05QttjTZmIV3ZX1nCo_Thessaly%2C%20Pharkadon-hemidrachm.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] [B]Obverse:[/B] The hero [URL='https://archaicwonder.tumblr.com/post/139628810043/the-greek-hero-thessalos-this-drachm-was-struck-by']Thessalos[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petasos']petasos[/URL] around neck, restraining forepart of bull by its head. [B]Reverse: [/B]Forepart of horse right within incuse square, Φ-Α-Ρ-Κ-ΑΔ-Ο (partially retrograde). [B]Issuing authority: [/B]Pharkadon ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharcadon']Pharcadon[/URL]) in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaly']Thessaly[/URL]. [B]Composition, diameter, weight:[/B] Silver, 15 mm, 2.72 g. [B]Grade, certification:[/B] VF; some light marks near obverse rim. [B]Reference attribution: [/B]BCD Thessaly II 603; HGC 4, 292 (per Sphinx Numismatics). [B]Provenance:[/B] Ex-Sphinx Numismatics, Markham, Ontario, Canada, via VCoins store, 26 January 2018.[URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/151/product/103kr7z_thessaly_pharkadon_circa_440400_bc_ar_hemidrachm_15mm_272_g_6h_the_hero_thessalos_with_petasos_around_neck_restraining_forepart_of_bull_right_by_band_held_vf/938720/Default.aspx']*[/URL] Prior provenance to the [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bcd%20collection']BCD Collection[/URL]. [B]Notes:[/B] The ritual sport of bull-wrestling as practiced in Thessaly apparently involved riding up to the bull on horseback and then leaping off one's horse to subdue it. This coin is pedigreed to the large and often-cited BCD collection.[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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