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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2604502, member: 44132&quot;]As I stated in the other thread, I received two coins in the mail yesterday.&nbsp; The first was the Roman Republic I&#039;ve already shown.&nbsp; The second is Greek with another very interesting reverse (at least to me).&nbsp; It hales from a city I know little about so here is a wiki extract:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The ancient city lay on a plateau in the hills of the central part of the region. Successor to pre-Thessalian Ephyra, it was important only in the 6th and 5th c. B.C., after which time it was absorbed by Larissa to the E. As one of the eight principal Thessalian cities, it was already issuing coins in 480 B.C. Literary references mention cults of Helios, and Sarapis and Isis, while the state archives were said to be kept in the Temples of Athena and Asklepios.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The map below shows the location of Krannon (spelled Crannon on the map and located near center)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]569072[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse depicts a large hydria on a cart.&nbsp; As one might suspect from it&#039;s name, a hydria (plural hydriai) is a type of Greek pottery used for carrying water. The hydria has three handles. Two horizontal handles on either side of the body of the pot were used for lifting and carrying the pot. The third handle, a vertical one, located in the center of the other two handles, was used when pouring water.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was customary in times of drought to take a sacred chariot with hydria</p><p>in a procession through the city to supplicate Apollo for rain, and if two crows (ravens) settled on the wheels, that was a sign that Apollo would grant the prayers of the faithful.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]569065[/ATTACH]</p><p>THESSALY, KRANNON</p><p>AE Dichalkon</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Thessalian horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; K-[P] / AN (retrograde), hydria on cart with long handle to left; to right, two large crows perched left on wheels</p><p>Struck at Krannon 350-300 BC</p><p>4.72 gg, 15mm</p><p>BCD Thessaly 119.3 (same dies); HGC 4, 385</p><p>Ex BCD</p><p>Ex Agora Auction 63[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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