Larissa Trihemibol circa 460-420, AR 1.59 g. Hoof of horse l. in circular pelleted border on raised disk, all within circular border. Rev. Λ – API Wreathed and draped bust of Asclepius r.; in r. field, coiled snake. All within incuse square. cf. Herrmann Group IIIE-F, pl. III, 15 (obol). cf. Traité IV, 690-691 (obol). Cf. BCD Thessaly I, 1120 (hoof of bull).
An apparently unrecorded denomination of a very rare series. Struck on
an exceedingly large flan, light porosity, otherwise very fine
Ex Triton sale XIV, 2011, 105.
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