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Hemidrachm of Larissa with youth restraining forepart of bull
Greek
Early Classical Period
479–465 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Larissa
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 2.99 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.759
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0878.
DescriptionObverse: Youth with chlamys and petasos checks by a strap about the horns (the forepart of) a bull charging to right.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square the forepart of a horse to right with reins.
Inscription in Greek around.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square the forepart of a horse to right with reins.
Inscription in Greek around.
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. 685); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren