385. Larissa.  Circa 370’s-360’s BC. AR Drachm (5.85 gm). Head of the nymph
Larissa facing slightly left; corn wreath in hair / Warrior, wearing helmet
and cuirass,  on prancing  horse right; LA  to left, P to  right. Lorber -;
Herrmann group  VII, series G, pl. VI, 14  var. (legend); SNG Copenhagen -;
BMC  Thessaly -;  SNG Ashmolean -;  SNG Lockett  -; SNG Fitzwilliam  -; SNG
Delepierre  -.   Near  VF,  small  edge   chip  revealing  crystallization.
Apparently unpublished legend variety of a rare reverse type. ($400)


CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 385.
 
 Lot sold for $325.


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