Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Larissa (Thessaly)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 356 BC - 342 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 3.07 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
171039
References BCD Thessaly I# 1137,
Nomos (editor); 10 May 2011. Coins of Thessaly : The BCD Collection (Public auction 4). Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland.
McClean# 4609
Sidney W. Grose; 1923. Fitzwilliam Museum / Volume 1. Western Europe, Magna Graecia, Sicily : Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Head of the nymph Larissa to right, wearing a single-pendent earring and with her hair rolled and bound with a thin ribbon

Reverse

Horse standing with lowered head to left, about to roll over. Beneath horse’s belly, plant, in exergue, ΠΛΕ[Ι]

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΛΑΡΙ
ΠΛΕΙ

Mint

Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Nomos AG
Auction 4: BCD Collection of Thessaly
Lot 1137
Internet Archive
10 May 2011 VF USD 6103.35
(CHF 5500.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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