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Obol of Larissa with horse
Greek
Classical Period
435–400 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Larissa
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 0.85 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.763
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0884.
DescriptionObverse: Horse walking to left on line.
Greek letter above and below.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Nymph Larissa kneeling on left knee to left; she wears a chiton, holds her right hand above a ball and lowers left hand behind her.
Inscription in Greek around.
Greek letter above and below.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Nymph Larissa kneeling on left knee to left; she wears a chiton, holds her right hand above a ball and lowers left hand behind her.
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. 695); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren