Nice bronze, stamped in the Tessali polis Larissa around 400-344 BC. Coins from Larissa, an important center of Thessaly in antiquity, are quite easily recognizable, because on the obverse they usually show the head of a nymph - Larissa, from which the name of the polis is derived (the iconography of the obverse shows analogies with the coinage of Syracuse), and on the reverse of the horse, because ancient Thessaly was famous for good horses (but also witches). Noteworthy is the interesting arrangement of the reverse legend, the last segment of which (under the horse) is written from right to left.
Greece
Thessaly, Larissa, AE21 circa 400-344 BC
Obverse: head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left
Reverse: horse striding to the right, above him is ΛAPI, in front of him Σ, below him AIΩN backwards (pronounced "Larissajon" - ie "Larissa inhabitants")
Weight 8,72 g.
