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v51_0120 - THESSALY - LARISSA Statère ou didrachme

THESSALY - LARISSA Statère ou didrachme AU
MONNAIES 51 (2011)
Starting price : 2 100.00 €
Estimate : 3 500.00 €
Realised price : 2 100.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 3 520.00 €
Type : Statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 350-344 AC
Mint name / Town : Thessalie, Larissa
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,05 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, un peu court sur la légende au revers et légèrement décentré au droit rehaussant le portrait. Très belle expression du visage empreint de grâce et de distinction. Usure superficielle au revers sur le cheval. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Klaus Marowsky, vente Künker 54 des 7 et 8 mars 2000, n° 1851

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Larissa de face tournée de trois-quarts à gauche, les cheveux flottants, retenus par un bandeau (ampyx) avec boucles d'oreille et collier ; grènetis circulaire perlé.

Reverse


Reverse description : Cheval passant au trot à droite, levant l'antérieur droit avec la bride sur le cou.
Reverse legend : LARI//S./AIW[N]
Reverse translation : (de Larissa).

Commentary


Expression de visage extraordinaire au droit. Petit défaut de métal sur le cou.

Historical background


THESSALY - LARISSA

(400-344 BC)

Larissa, the most important city of Thessaly, takes its name from one of the daughters of the mythical king Pelasgos. Built on the right bank of the Peneios, the city was famous for its horse breeding and Thessalos, the eponymous hero of the region, trained wild bulls there.. When Philip II of Macedon invaded Thessaly in 353 BC. -VS. , he installed democratic governments there under the protection of Macedonian garrisons responsible for maintaining order. He created four great districts at the head of which he placed tetrarchs, Simos being that of the district of Larissa. This organization was to last only eight years because, in 344 BC. -VS. , Philip II invades Thessaly again, drives out Simos and incorporates the whole province into the kingdom of Macedonia, ending the coinage. For the coinage of Larissa, there are three studies: the article by F. Hermann, Die Silbermünzen von Larissa in Thessalien, ZfN. 35 (1925), the article by T. R. Martin, The Chronology of the fourth century B. VS. , Facing Head Silver Coinage of Larissa, MN. 28, 1983 and the article by C. Lorber, The Early Facing Head Drachms of Thessalian Larissa, in Florilegium Numismaticum, Studia in Honorem U. Westermark, Stockholm 1992.

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