Ancient Greece, Thessaly, Larissa, Æ tetrachalkon

Period: c. 344-300 BC

Ancient Greece, Thessaly, Larissa, Æ tetrachalkon
Ancient Greece, Thessaly, Larissa, Æ tetrachalkon
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Article code16-6225
Obverse: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left.
Reverse: Bridled horse galloping right without rider.

Diameter: 20,1 mm
Weight: 7,93 g
Rogers 278
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Tetrachalkon: an ancient Greek bronze coin denomination with a value of 4 chalkoi.
Thessaly or Thessalia, a region in Ancient Greece, stretching from Mount Olympos to the Spercheios valley. The Thessalian plains were ideally suited for cultivating grains and cereals and was known in antiquity for breeding horses, thus making the horse an appropriate symbol of Thessaly and a popular design on its coins.

Features and Specifications

Period Ancient
Category Coins
Material Bronze
Country Ancient Greece