LARISSA THESSALY AE19_____Grazing Horse_____BIRTHPLACE OF ACHILLES

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26T15
FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE COIN OF LARISSA THESSALY FROM 380 - 337 BC.
THE SIZE IS 18.5 MM AND 4.79 GRAMS.
BCD Thessaly 382
OBVERSE – Head of nymph, hair rolled
REVERSE – Horse grazing
LARISSA
Larissa Thessaly - Legend has it that Achilles was born here and Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, died here. The city is said in Greek mythology to have been founded by Acrisius, who was killed accidentally by his son, Perseus. There lived Peleus, the hero beloved by the gods, and his son Achilles; however, the city is not mentioned by Homer, unless it should be identified with Argissa of the Iliad.
In mythology, the nymph Larissa was a daughter of the primordial man Pelasgus.
Larissa was known for it's horses in ancient Greece and was the breeding place for some of the fastest horses in the ancient world. Larissa was also a very important agricultural center of the ancient world. p>
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