Coin, silver drachm

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Title

Coin, silver drachm

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University of Canterbury Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Collection

James Logie Memorial Collection

Description

A drachma is generally thought to have been one day’s wage for a skilled worker in the fifth century BC. On the obverse side of this drachma is the head of Larissa, a nymph who gave her name to Thessaly’s capital city. The city’s name goes as far back as Homer, who sang of the fertile land of Larissa in the Iliad. In myth, the nymph Larissa was a daughter of an Argive prince named Pelasgus. N... [Accession number: 180.96.3]

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Image

Date created

Early to mid 4th Century BC

URL

http://teecemuseum.nz/collection-item/1055812

Locations

Greece

Related subjects

Animals in art / Goddesses in art / Women in art / Inscriptions, Greek / 4th Century BCE

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