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bgr_554621 - THESSALY - TRIKKA Hemidrachme

THESSALY - TRIKKA Hemidrachme AU
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Price : 375.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 440-420 AC.
Mint name / Town : Trikka, Thessalie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et bien centré. Très beau protomé de cheval au revers. Métal légèrement taché au droit. Patine grise

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Jeune thessalien (Thessalos) nu, coiffé d'un pétase et d'une chlamyde, domptant un taureau à droite dont on aperçoit seulement le protomé.

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
Reverse description : Protomé de cheval bondissant à droite, la bride flottant, dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Reverse legend : TR/IKK/AIO.
Reverse translation : (de Trikka).

Historical background


THESSALY - TRIKKA

(480-420 BC)

Trikka, whose name comes from that of one of the daughters of the river god Peneios, was the second city of Thessaly after Larissa on the banks of Letheus. The city's main coin type resembles early Larissa issues with a Thessalian hero taming a wild bull.

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