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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3728514, member: 57495&quot;]Awesome example, Pavlos!&nbsp; The bit I love best on your coin is how you can very clearly see the wrestler&#039;s hand grasping the horn of the bull, pulling its head down and to the right.&nbsp; This is the detail that tends to go first on these coins.&nbsp; Excellent buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of them from Larissa.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]999705[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THESSALY, Larissa</b></p><p>AR Hemidrachm. 2.96g, 17.3mm. THESSALY, Larissa, circa 450-430 BC. Lorber, Thessalian, Series 4, 18c (O10/R9) = CH 9, 77, inv. D/E-2-12 (<i>this coin</i>); BCD Thessaly I –; cf. BCD Thessaly II 178; HGC 4, 459 var. (horse left). O: Thessalos standing left, holding band across horns of forepart of bull leaping left; TO below. R: Λ-Α-P-Ι, forepart of bridled horse right within incuse square.</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection; ex Thessaly hoard, circa 1996 (CH 9, 77, inv. D/E-2-12)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>A Trikka like yours, but with a gouge in the middle of obverse and a small punch on the reverse, evidence that it was tested for authenticity in ancient times.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]999706[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THESSALY, Trikka</b></p><p>AR Hemidrachm. 2.87g, 17.2mm. THESSALY, Trikka, circa 440-400 BC. BCD Thessaly II 775.5 (same dies). O: Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right; E below bull’s head, V between the legs of Thessalos. R: Forepart of bridled horse right; TP I /KKA I OИ around from upper left (KK retrograde); all within incuse square.</p><p><i>Ex stevex6 Collection; ex BCD Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>And a Pharkadon.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]999712[/ATTACH]<b>THESSALY, Pharkadon</b></p><p>AR Hemidrachm. 2.83g, 16.6mm. THESSALY, Pharkadon, circa 440-400 BC. BCD Thessaly I 1269 var. (arrangement of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 616.2 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 292. O: Hero Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull right. R: Φ-Α-Ρ-Κ (retrograde), forepart of horse right within incuse square.</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection (tag noting purchase from GRMH, Dec 1977, for 200 SFr)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>The Thessalian <i>taurokathapsia</i> hemis most commonly encountered are those of Trikka, Larissa, and Pharkadon, but they were also struck by the Perrhaiboi, and at Pherai, Krannon, Skotussa (rare), and Pelinna (very rare).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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