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Ancient Greek Silver Drachm – Thessaly – 470-420BC

£480.00

Product Code:RNC104

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Description

Heading: Ancient Greek silver drachm 470-420BC

Denomination: Silver drachm

Period: Ancient Greek. Classical & Hellenistic period

Date: 470-420BC

Origin: Larissa. Thassaly

Condition: VF+

Obverse: Thessalos. naked but for his chlamys tied at the neck and blowing out behind. his petastos (broad brimmed hat) fallen to the ground. holding a band across the horns of a bull leaping left

Reverse: Bridled horse leaping right in incuse square. inscription LAR I [S]AION (lower letters reversed)

Size and Weight: 19mm. 6.08g

References: S2111. SNG Cop 101

Features and Provenance: Ancient Thessaly was a large area south of Mount Olympus. the capital being Larissa and now encompassed within modern Greece. It appeared in Homer’s Odyssey as Aeolia and is said to be the starting point for Jason and his Argonauts. This coin shows Thessalos. who was the son of Poseidon.

Condition Summary. This varies with the age of coin and there are grades between

Uncirculated (U). As struck with no traces of wear

Extremely Fine (EF). Very slight traces of wear. all parts of legend etc present. visible and clear

Very Fine (VF). Some signs of wear on the higher parts of the relief. all parts of legend etc present. but maybe worn

Fine (F). Wear on the coin and parts of legend etc may be missing or not visible

 

Additional information

Weight50 g

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