380.  Larissa. Circa 400-380 BC. AR Drachm  (6.02 gm). Youth wrestling bull
left / Bridled horse galloping right. Herrmann pl. III, 18 var. (spacing of
ethnic); SNG Copenhagen 109. Toned, good VF, small flan crack. ($300)

The following lots present many varieties of the ‘middle group’ of facing
head drachms. In her article "A Hoard of Facing Head Larissa Drachms" (SNR
79 [2000] pp. 7-15), Catharine Lorber identifies this group as Herrmann’s
group VII, series L and B through H. This series was perhaps issued during
the 370’s-360’s following the ‘early group’ of facing head drachms which
Lorber dates to the first decades of the fourth century ("The Early Facing
Head Drachms of Thessalian Larissa" in Florilegium Numismaticum, pp.
259-260). This middle group is known for the diversity of its reverse types
(some of which we have never been able to offer at auction before),
breaking out of the uniformity of the earlier and later groups.


CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 380.
 
 Lot sold for $300.


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