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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3727964, member: 96635&quot;]This is an example of a coin I picked up because of no other reason then, I just like it a lot, and not anything related to my collecting area. </p><p>It is a coin from Trikka in Thessaly and the details on this coin are very nice, especially for a smaller silver fraction.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/uMdKtKa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Thessaly, Trikka. AR Hemidrachm (circa 440-400 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> The hero Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ΤΡΙ-Κ-ΚΑI-Ο-И, forepart of bridled horse right within incuse square.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> HGC 4, 311; Slg. BCD Thessaly 768 var.</p><p><br /></p><p>During religious games, the young men of Thessaly participated in bull jumping and bull wrestling. In bull wrestling, participants would jump from a horse, naked wearing a chlamys (type of cloak) and petasos (type of cap), to bring a bull down to the ground. The obverse shows a wrestler bringing down a bull and the reverse shows the horse running free after the leap was made. The game may have originated in Asia Minor and then traveled to Crete, where it is known the people of Thessaly have learned the sport.</p><p><br /></p><p>Share your coins from Trikka, and other bull wrestling coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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