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TROAS, Larissa. Late 5th - 4th centuries BC. AR Diobol
Head of female right hair in sakkos.
Rx: Amphora within incuse ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ aound.
SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –;
Traité II 2064 = W. Wroth, “Greek Coins acquired by the British Museum in 1901” in NC 1902, 26.
12mm 1.06 g. cleaning marks; dark toned, fine. Very rare.
Cf :
4 sold in last decades 3 per CNG, 1 per Savoca.
The nymph-amphora issue is apparently the earliest silver coinage for this city. The first example from this issue was a diobol that was acquired by the BM in 1901, though thought to be from Larisa Phikonis in Aeolis (cited above). Diobols remained the only denomination known until 2003, when a tetrobol appeared on the market (CNG 63, lot 448 [erroneously as a triobol]), followed by an obol in January 2016 (Gitbud & Naumann via , item no. 361462706585, subsequently sold as CNG E-494, lot 190). The types are well known on bronze issues from Larissa, but all of the city’s silver coinage is very rare.
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