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Tetrachalkon
| Issuer | Larissa |
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| Year | 200 BC - 100 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Artemis facing right in the act of drawing a bow, depicted in a short chiton with arms fully extended in an archer's pose. The legend ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ is divided vertically on either side of the figure, identifying the issuing city of Larissa in Thessaly. To the right of Artemis, a ΥΦ monogram appears in the field, likely representing a magistrate's or mint official's mark. The composition is bold and dynamic, with the goddess's stance conveying athletic energy typical of Hellenistic civic bronze coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΛΑΡΙ ΣΑΙΩΝ ΥΦ |
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Larissa dominated the Thessalian plain throughout the Hellenistic period, its wealth built on horse breeding and grain rather than silver mines, which explains why bronze small change constitutes the bulk of surviving Larissaean coinage from this century. The city's political fortunes shifted dramatically after the Roman defeat of Perseus at Pydna in 168 BC, when Thessaly was reorganized into four client merides — yet Larissa retained enough municipal autonomy to continue issuing civic bronze through the end of the second century.
The BCD collection references here place this piece within one of the most rigorously catalogued regional Greek series in modern numismatics, assembled over decades by a single Belgian collector whose Thessalian holdings redefined scholarship on the region.