The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. THESSALY. Larissa (c.420-400 B.C.), Silver Drachm, 6.04g,. Head of the nymph Larissa facing to left, her hair rolled. Rev. [ΛA]PIΣ / AI , bridled horse prancing to right (BMC 49, pl. V, 10 (this obverse die); C. Lorber, ‘Thessalian Hoards and the Coinage of Larissa’, AJN 20, 2008, pl. 43, 64; SNG Ashmolean 3873; cf. SNG Lockett 1569). Light porosity on reverse, toned, nearly extremely fine. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, Volume XCVII, Number 1, London, February 1989, 16 US$ 1,200
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