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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 8322429, member: 96898&quot;]I very much like your new hekte. It&#039;s a beautiful coin, and the bit of honest wear doesn&#039;t change that at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few nymphs&nbsp; from my collection. First is Larissa, daughter of Pelasgus and amante of Poseidon. H sons provided for the origin myth of the Thessalians:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474456[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Thessaly, Larissa, AR obol, ca. 344–337 BC (?).&nbsp; Obv: head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly l., hair in ampyx, with necklace. Rev: [ΛΑΡΙΣ]-ΑΙΩΝ; horse grazing r. 11mm, 0.79g. Ref: BCD Thessaly I (2011), no. 1163; BCD Thessaly II (2013), no. 328, 342–344; SNG Copenhagen 135. Ex FSR, auction 106, lot 59; ex CNG, e-auction 395, lot 94; ex BCD collection.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>My second coin probably shows Phalanna. According to Stephanus of Byzantium, she was the daughter of the Thessalian princess Tyro and the river god Enipeus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474458[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Thessaly, Phalanna, AE17, ca. 400–344 BC. Obv: Head of Ares r. Rev: ΦΑΛΑΝΝΑΙΩΝ; head of nymph (Phalanna?) r., with hair in sakkos. 17mm, 5.15g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 205; BMC 4–7.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Third is Hypereia, the nymph of a local fountain at or near Pherai:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474459[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Thessaly, Pherai, hemidrachm, ca. 302–286 BC. Obv: Head of Ennodia left, torch behind. Rev: ΦΕΡΑΙΟΥΝ, the nymph Hypereia left, touching the top of lion&#039;s head fountain right, from which water pours forth, ΑΣ/TΟ within wreath to lower left. 15mm, 2.72g. Ref: BCD Thessaly I, 1321; BCD Thessaly II, 714; SNG Copenhagen 239; BMC 20. Ex CNG, e-auction 432, lot 27; ex BCD collection.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, here is Histiaia, daughter of Hyrieos:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474457[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Euboia, Histiaia, AR tetrobol, ca. 196–146 BC. Obv: head of Maenad wearing wreath of grapes r.; Rev: [IΣTI]-AIEΩN; nymph Histiaia seated right on prow decorated with wing, holding stylis; below, labrys and unclear monogram. 16mm, 2.34g. Ref: BMC 59–64.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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