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Pharsalos Athena / Horse's Head Hemidrachm

Specimen · pharsalos-athena-horse-head-hemidrachm-001

The Coin

Obverse
Obverse — head of Athena right in crested Attic helmet adorned with scrolls, raised cheek flaps, pendant earring; engravers' signatures T over ΙΠ behind neck
Reverse
Reverse — horse's head and neck right in concave field, ΦΑΡΣ clockwise from upper left

Attribution: Greece (Thessaly). Pharsalos. The city of Pharsalos. c. 370–340 BC. AR. hemidrachm.

Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing pendant earring and crested Attic helmet with raised cheek flaps, adorned with scrolls, hair out from under the neck guard; T (the master engraver Telephantos) over ΙΠ (his apprentice?) behind neck

Reverse: Horse's head and neck right, concave field

Weight: 2.886 g (tag) (Dealer's stated weight (Forum Ancient Coins tag/listing); not re-weighed. BCD's round tag carries a pencil notation '2.88', evidently his own weighing.) · 16.3 mm · axis 225°  Reference: Lavva 126 (V58/R73)

Related Coin Images

Related
Forum Ancient Coins’ sale photograph of this coin (inventory GS84796) from the online listing, which remains available; same dies, flan shape, marks, and toning as the coin in hand.
Image source & licence

Image: Forum Ancient Coins.

Type-level historical context, attribution detail, and references → Pharsalos Athena / Horse's Head Hemidrachm

John's Ancient Coin Collection · Specimen · pharsalos-athena-horse-head-hemidrachm-001

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