Watch List notes:

Thessaly, Larissa. Stater; Thessaly, Larissa; Mid to late 4th cent. BC, Stater, 12.26g. BCD-301. Obv: Head of the nymph Larissa three-quarter facing l., wearing plain necklace and drop pendant earring, her hair held by an ampyx. Rx: Bridled horse trotting r., tail upright and looped; ΛAPI above, [ΣAIΩN] off flan in exergue. Purchased from HJB in 1997.While Larissa didrachms are not particularly rare, the early experimental didrachms which we first identified over thirty years ago look nothing like the design that was settled upon and became very static. These are much freer and far more beautiful. They are more closely reminiscent of the Syracusan facing Arethusa heads from which they were copied. One of the two rare prototype issues of Larissan staters. Virtually MS