Ancient Larissa, City On Thessaly Circa 337 BC Silver Trihemiobol Coin, Fractional Of A Greek Aeginetic Drachm, Collectibles Numismatics
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Dimensions,
Diameter 11mm,
0.7
grams,
All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance,
Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector
in NYC 2026.
Ancient Greek Cities
On
Thessaly.
Issuer, Larissa.
Type Standard Circulation AR Coin. Years 344
To 337
BCE. Value Trihemiobol
1/4
Of A Greek Aeginetic
Drachm.
Composition Silver. Shape Is Round But Irregular. Hammered. BCD
Thessaly II 326-7; Sear SG 2128; BMC 70,
SNG Copenhagen 134.
Obverse, Head
Of The
Nymph Larissa Facing, Turning Slightly To The Left, Wearing Ampyx,
Pendant Earring And A Simple Torc Necklace.
Reverse With
Thessalian Cavalryman, Wearing Petasos And Chlamys And Holding Staff,
Riding Cantering Horse To The Right. Script In Greek LARI And Also
SAIWN Around From Upper Left.
Ancient
Numismatics In Larissa,
Thessaly
Produced Some Of The Most Celebrated And Highly Sought-After
Classical Greek Silver Coinage. The Ancient City Of Larissa, Located
In The Fertile Plains Of Thessaly, Issued An Iconic Series Of Drachms
And Staters Spanning The 5th Through 4th Centuries BCE
Some
Quotes Or Historical References To The City Coming From Various
Bibliography. Homer In The Iliad: And Hippothous Led The Tribes Of
The Pelasgi, That Rage With The Spear, Even Them That Dwelt In
Deep-Soiled Larissa;
These Were Led By Hippothous And Pylaeus, Scion Of Ares, Sons Twain
Of Pelasgian Lethus, Son Of Teutamus... /
Hesiod On The Collected
Fragments Of His Works: Talking About The Story In The Great Eoiae,
Magnes Son Hymenaeus. Being Loved By Apollo. (Hermes) As A
Distraction Moved The Cattle, He Drove Them Through The Country Of
The Pelasgi, And Achaea In The Land Of Phthia, And Through Locris,
And Boeotia And Megaris, And Thence Into Peloponnesus By Way Of
Corinth And Larissa, Until He Brought Them To Tegea... /
Euripides,
Alcestis: (Heracles) You, Why Did You Not Tell Me That Such Misery
Had Come Upon This House? Where Is He Burying Her? Where Shall I Find
Him? (Servant) Beside The Straight Road Which Leads To Larissa You
Will See A Tomb Of Polished Stone Outside The Walls. Returns To The
Servants' Quarters. (Heracles) O Heart Of Me, Much-Enduring Heart, O
Right Arm… ! /
Servius On A Commentary On Virgils Aeneid: Quos N.
T. N. L. A. Bene Utrique Honorem Virtutis Dat, A Quibus Victus Est.
Larissaeus Achilles A Vicinitate: Nam Phthius Fuit. Utraque Tamen
Thessaliae Civitas Est. Larissa Autem A Nympha Larissa Est Appellata,
Ex Qua Neptunus Creavit Pelago Et Phthion... /
Bacchylides, Epinician
Odes: Golden-Throned Hestia, You Who Increase The Great Prosperity Of
The Rich Agathocleadae, Seated In The Midst Of City Streets Near The
Fragrant River Peneius In The Valleys Of Sheep-Nurturing Thessaly.
From There Aristoteles Came To Flourishing Cirrha, And Was Twice
Crowned, For The Glory Of Horse-Mastering Larissa...
...
Ancient Numismatics And Collectibles, Ancient Mediterranean History,
Iron Age Coinages, Greece, Italy, Antique Silver
And Bronze
Coins, Classic European Antiquities, Small Coins.
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