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Drachm
| Issuer | Larissa |
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| Year | 460 BC - 450 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Nude male horseman advancing to the right, depicted in a dynamic pose with his right arm raised, wearing a petasos helmet; the figure is rendered in fine archaic relief with muscular anatomical detail characteristic of early Classical Thessalian coinage. The horse is shown in full stride with all four legs extended. The composition is contained within a beaded border encircling the entire field. |
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| Reverse description | A prancing horse to the right, depicted in lively incuse relief within a shallow square incuse punch with rounded corners, characteristic of the early coinage of Larissa. The letters of the civic ethnic ΛΑΡΙ are distributed around the horse in the field — Λ and Α below and to the lower left, Ι centrally above, and Ρ to the upper right — rendered in archaic Greek script. The incuse technique creates a striking contrast between the raised horse and the recessed square background. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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