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Larissa, Nymph of Thessaly, Horse Lovers, Greek REPLICA REPRODUCTION COIN. Larissa Nymph of Thessaly (350-325 BC) Since the Time of Homer, Thessaly had been famous for horse breeding.Size: 21 mm. OBVERSE: Head of nymph Larissa three-quarter to face l., hair confined by fillet and floating loosely. REVERSE: Horse grazing r., LARIS above under exergual line. Larissa, Nymph of Thessaly, Horse Lovers, Greek REPLICA REPRODUCTION COIN Larissa, Nymph of Thessaly, Horse Lovers, Greek REPLICA REPRODUCTION COIN Click images to enlarge Description Larissa Nymph of Thessaly (350-325 BC)
Since the Time of Homer, Thessaly had been famous for horse breeding.
Size: 21 mm. OBVERSE: Head of nymph Larissa three-quarter to face l., hair confined by fillet and floating loosely. REVERSE: Horse grazing r., LARIS above under exergual line.
The magnificent head of nymph Larissa was probably copied from the full face of Arethusa on contemporary Tetradrachms of Syracuse. The reverse was of particular local significance. Since the time of Homer, Thessaly had been famous for horse breeding.
Larisa was a nymph from Thessaly. She was described by Pausanias as a daughter of Pelasgus, son of Triopas, king of Argos. Hellanicus states that the sons of Poseidon and Larissa were Achaios, Phthios, and Pelasgus. These sons left Argos and arrived in Haemonia (Thessaly) where they drove out the barbarian inhabitants and divided the country into three parts, calling them, after their names, Phthiotis, Achaia and Pelasgiotis. Strabo reported that "before her marriage, her father Piasus fell in love with her and, having violated her, paid the penalty for the outrage; on that account Larisa, observing him leaning over a cask of wine, seized him by the legs, raised him, and plunged him into the cask, drowning him.
Larissa was the principal city of Thessaly, dominating the fertile plain of Pelasgiotis. In approximately 350 BC Thessaly was brought into the Macedonian sphere. The are was divided into four divisions, each one ruled by a Tetrarch appointed by Philip of Macedon. Despite declining political power, however, Larissa retained considerable economic prosperity, a fact Witnessed by issue the Didrachms and later Drachms. Greek city-states rarely had any decent cavalry. They preferred to hire Thessalian squadrons as the need arose. Such units, for example, proved invaluable to Alexander in his conquest to Persia.
These are REPLICA, REPRODUCTION Coins. The engravings showing the coin in new, non-circulated condition. They are accurately detailed, using museum quality authentic ancient coins as models. They are accurate in size and imagery. The Coins are cast in the finest quality, solid pewter. If you enjoy ancient history and Greek and Roman Mythology, you will enjoy these coins.
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