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Drachm of Larissa with youth restraining bull
Greek
Classical Period
435–400 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Larissa
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 6.16 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.756
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0882.
DescriptionObverse: Youth with petasos and chlamys checks by the horns a bull charging to right.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square a horse prancing to right.
Inscription in Greek above and below.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square a horse prancing to right.
Inscription in Greek above and below.
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. 690 citing Northwick sale, 1859, no. 718); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren