Obol

Features

Issuer	Larissa (Thessaly)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	440 BC - 400 BC
Value	Obol (⅙)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.99 g
Diameter	11 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 170980
References	BCD Thessaly I# 1116 Nomos (publisher); 2011. Nomos Auction / Volume 4: The BCD Collection. Coins of Thessaly. Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland. , BMC Greek# 45 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Traité IV# 691 Ernest Babelon; 1932. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.4 Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce septentrionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , BCD Thessaly II# 166 Classical Numismatic Group (publisher); 2012. Triton XV / Auction XV: The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

Obverse

Horse walking to right and above, eight-pointed star. Below, plant

Reverse

On left, Asklepios standing right, bearded and wearing long robes, leaning on long staff held in his left hand and, from a phiale held in his right hand, feeding a snake, on the right, coiling to left within a bank of reeds. All within a shallow incuse square

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΛΑΡΙ

Mint

Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Comments

Herrmann F/G IIIβ VIII.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (440 BC - 400 BC)							$ 4000

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Examples of the type

BMC Greek (Thessaly) p. 27, 45

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Summer Sale 2025 Lot 313	30 Jul 2025	VF	USD 4116.41 (CHF 3250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Nomos AG Auction 4: BCD Collection of Thessaly Lot 1116	10 May 2011	VF	USD 12 032.60 (CHF 9500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Triton XV Lot 166	3 Jan 2012	VF	USD 2500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.