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Stater
| Issuer | Larissa (Thessaly) |
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| Year | 356 BC - 342 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of the nymph Larissa rendered in three-quarter view, her visage framed by elaborately rendered flowing ringlets cascading in serpentine waves across the fields on either side. A stephane or diadem ornament is visible across the top of her hair. The portrait is of exceptionally high artistic quality, characteristic of the finest Thessalian die-engravers of the mid-fourth century BC. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | A horse standing to left, head lowered as if grazing, rendered with naturalistic musculature and fine detail to the mane and tail. The animal stands upon a thin ground line, with the ethnic legend ΛΑΡΙΣ inscribed above in the upper field and ΑΙΩΝ below the ground line in the exergual area, both in archaic Greek lettering. The composition fills the flan with confident, bold relief typical of Thessalian coinage of this period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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