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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3778366, member: 57495&quot;]Nice one, Mat.&nbsp; I do like these Thessalian coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Three different silver denominations, a drachm, hemidrachm, and obol:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009626[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THESSALY, Larissa</b></p><p>AR Drachm. 5.86g, 19.3mm. THESSALY, Larissa, circa 380-365 BC. BCD Thessaly II 295; HGC 4, 446. O: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, with hair in circlet with grain ears above. R: API/ΣAIΩN, mare and her foal standing right.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009627[/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>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009628[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THESSALY, Larissa</b></p><p>AR Obol. 0.95g, 11.4mm. THESSALY, Larissa, circa mid to late 5th century. BCD I -; BCD II -; CNG EAuction 292, 5 December 2012, 38 (same obverse die?). O: Horse to right; above, crescent to right; below, dolphin to right. R: Λ - A, The nymph Larissa striding to left, bouncing a ball off the ground with her right hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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