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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4313859, member: 96898"]In antiquity, the Thessalian cavalry and their horsemanship enjoyed a stellar reputation. In Plato's <i>Meno</i>, Socrates states: "Meno, of old the Thessalians were famous and admired among the Greeks for their riding and their riches; but now they have a name, I believe, for wisdom also" (Pl. Men. 70b).</p><p><br /></p><p>No wonder that many of their coins show horses:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1096895[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Thessaly, Larissa, AR obol, ca. 344–337 BC (?). 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><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1096897[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Thessaly, Trikka, AR hemidrachm, 2nd half of 5th c. BC. Obv: Youthful hero, Thessalos, holding a band with both hands below the horns of the forepart of a bull right. Rev: T PI KAI N, forepart of horse prancing right. 16 mm, 2.86 g. Ref: BCD Thessaly 775.7 (same dies); see SNG Copenhagen 262–265; see BMC 1–9; see CNG, e-auction 129, lot 94 (identical dies). Ex BCD collection, ex Kenneth W. Dorney.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is one without a horse:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1096896[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Pherai, Thessaly, AR hemidrachm, ca. 302–286 BC. Obv: Head of Ennodia left, torch behind. Rev: ΦΕΡΑΙΟΥΝ, the nymph Hypereia left, touching the top of lion'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>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4313859, member: 96898"]In antiquity, the Thessalian cavalry and their horsemanship enjoyed a stellar reputation. In Plato's [I]Meno[/I], Socrates states: "Meno, of old the Thessalians were famous and admired among the Greeks for their riding and their riches; but now they have a name, I believe, for wisdom also" (Pl. Men. 70b). No wonder that many of their coins show horses: [ATTACH=full]1096895[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Thessaly, Larissa, AR obol, ca. 344–337 BC (?). 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. [ATTACH=full]1096897[/ATTACH] Thessaly, Trikka, AR hemidrachm, 2nd half of 5th c. BC. Obv: Youthful hero, Thessalos, holding a band with both hands below the horns of the forepart of a bull right. Rev: T PI KAI N, forepart of horse prancing right. 16 mm, 2.86 g. Ref: BCD Thessaly 775.7 (same dies); see SNG Copenhagen 262–265; see BMC 1–9; see CNG, e-auction 129, lot 94 (identical dies). Ex BCD collection, ex Kenneth W. Dorney.[/SIZE] And here is one without a horse: [SIZE=3][ATTACH=full]1096896[/ATTACH] Pherai, Thessaly, AR hemidrachm, ca. 302–286 BC. Obv: Head of Ennodia left, torch behind. Rev: ΦΕΡΑΙΟΥΝ, the nymph Hypereia left, touching the top of lion'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.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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