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Trihemiobol of Larissa with horse and rider
Greek
Classical Period
465–447 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Larissa
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 1.21 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.761
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0880.
DescriptionObverse: Nude rider with petasos and two spears in right hand on horse walking to left.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square the nymph Larissa seated to left on chair with back; she wears a chiton, holds up a mirror in left hand and apparently is arranging her hair with right hand.
Inscription in Greek at left, retrograde.
Holed.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square the nymph Larissa seated to left on chair with back; she wears a chiton, holds up a mirror in left hand and apparently is arranging her hair with right hand.
Inscription in Greek at left, retrograde.
Holed.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 693); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren