Live auction - bgr_409406 - THESSALY - LARISSA Drachme
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| Estimate : | 780 € |
| Price : | 380 € |
| Maximum bid : | 510 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 July 2018 14:09:00 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 350-340 AC.
Mint name / Town : Larissa, Thessalie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,06 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Belle tête de la nymphe. Revers équilibré. Magnifique patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés et bleutés irisés
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Cet exemplaire provient de la LIVE AUCTION du 28 juin 2016
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Larissa de face tournée de trois-quarts de face à gauche, les cheveux retenus par un bandeau (l'ampyx).
Reverse
Reverse description : Cheval paissant à droite, l'antérieur repose sur la ligne de sol ; plante sous le cheval.
Reverse legend : LARIS//AIWN.
Reverse translation : (de Larissa).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire, sur un flan relativement étroit tout en étant relativement complet, nous montre la maîtrise artistique du graveur qui a su habilement adapter son sujet à la forme circulaire du flan, tant au niveau du droit, où la chevelure vient harmonieusement occuper l’ensemble du flan et au revers, où le cheval semble se courber. Cette position où le cheval pose l’antérieur sur le sol semble beaucoup plus rare que ceux où il est carrément courbé avec le même antérieur plié.
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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