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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tall Paul, post: 26392533, member: 114635&quot;]Here is my example of Larissa. The photo and description are courtesy of Davisson&#039;s. I especially liked that this coin showed most of the horse and that Larissa&#039;s portrait was so well centered.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://d31a7zxp1oft1z.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/lots/teaser/210493e8d14e202415a3c2033db436afbc312482fe8ff10c9562e6ee3ffeba9a-26025.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>THESSALY. Larissa.</b> Circa 400-370 B.C. AR drachm. 6.23 gm. 17 mm. Reverse die signed by Simo-. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly right / Horse grazing right; thyrsos(?) to right; ΛΑΡI above, ΣΙΜΟ in exergue. Lorber, Early 2.3. L-S Group 3, Head Type 8, dies O20/R3, Sp. h (this coin). BCD Thessaly II 191 (same dies). HGC 4, 430.<i> Good Very Fine; attractively toned with iridescent highlights; reverse die breaks. Rare signed die. Examples of this reverse die very rarely have thyrsos visible on flan. Choice example.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Harlan Berk BBS 156 (23 October 2007) lot 106 (his tag: &quot;reverse die unpublished. Signed in exergue by &quot;SIMO&quot;).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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