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Ancient Coinage of Thessaly, Perrhaebi

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McClean 4661Perrhaiboi, Thessaly, late 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm, 15mm, 2.88 gr. Hero to right, naked, with petasos and chlamys flying behind his back, holding a band with both his hands and attempting to pass it around the head of a bull’s forepart to right / P-E above, (P-A) below, upside down and retrograde, forepart of horse right, all within a very shallow incuse square with rounded edges and corners. Traité IV, 572; McClean 4661; BMC 1.TextImage
SNG Cop 196Thessaly, The Perrhaebi. ca 400-344 BC. AE 20mm. Veiled head of Hera facing, head turned slightly left / PERRAI-BWN, Zeus standing facing, holding thunderbolt in right hand, reversed spear in left. TextImage
SNG Fitz 2429Thessaly, The Perrhaebi, AR Hemidrachm. ca 450-400 BC. Nude Thessalian youth (Thessalos) trying to restrain bull / Forepart of horse right; P-E. Weber 2887. TextImage
See also:Entry for The Perrhaebi on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Perrhaebi in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Perrhaebi at AncientImports.com
Search for Perrhaebi at Incitatus Coins

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