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Thessaly, uncertain mint (Krannon?) Æ 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC. Rider wearing petasos and chlamys on horse prancing to right / Altar with 'horns of consecration' at the top; trident upward above. Unpublished in the standard references. 1.51g, 11mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished and possibly unique.
From the J. Greiff Collection, assembled prior to 1998.
This coin shares its obverse type with many coinages of Thessaly, however the closest parallel appears to be the bronze coinage of Krannon (see HGC 4, 390-2). The trident on the reverse is also characteristic of Krannon, a symbol of the worship of Poseidon.
Poseidon was very generally revered in Thessaly as the creator of the national soil, as well as of the celebrated Thessalian horses which grazed in the rich alluvial plains with which the land abounded (Hom. Il. ii. 763). The coinage of Krannon suggests that Poseidon received special honours there, not just as a sea-god, but as the father of springs and rivers.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished and possibly unique.
From the J. Greiff Collection, assembled prior to 1998.
This coin shares its obverse type with many coinages of Thessaly, however the closest parallel appears to be the bronze coinage of Krannon (see HGC 4, 390-2). The trident on the reverse is also characteristic of Krannon, a symbol of the worship of Poseidon.
Poseidon was very generally revered in Thessaly as the creator of the national soil, as well as of the celebrated Thessalian horses which grazed in the rich alluvial plains with which the land abounded (Hom. Il. ii. 763). The coinage of Krannon suggests that Poseidon received special honours there, not just as a sea-god, but as the father of springs and rivers.