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Drachm of Larissa with galloping bull

Greek
Classical Period
about 370 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Larissa

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 5.92 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.426
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 082.
DescriptionObverse: Bull galloping to right, on ground line.
Above: inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Horseman, wearing petasos, chlamys, riding chiton, and boots,
gallops to the right.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., April 10, 1963