Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Tetrachalkon
| Issuer | Larissa |
|---|---|
| Year | 400 BC - 300 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Larissa |
| Mintage | ND (400 BC - 300 BC) |
| Additional information |
Larissa dominated the Thessalian plain through much of the fourth century, its wealth built on horse-breeding and grain — the city supplied grain to Athens during crises and fielded the finest cavalry in Greece. Bronze civic coinage of this type served the local market while silver issues handled long-distance trade, a functional split that kept the bronze circulating close to home and accounts for the wear patterns typically seen on survivors.
The BCD collection, from which the reference lot derives, remains the benchmark assemblage for Thessalian bronze; Rogers' earlier typology has been substantially refined by HGC 4 in assigning these pieces to Larissa proper rather than outlying Thessalian mints.