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Larissa, Thessaly, AR Drachm, c. -370 to -360<\/div>\n
Lorber, Thessalian 94; BCD Thessaly 185 (same dies); HGC 4, 438; BMC 12 (same dies); Gulbenkian 473 (same dies); Jameson 2469 (same dies).<\/div>\n
Obv: Head of Aleuas facing slightly left, wearing conical helmet; labrys and A\u039bEYA to right.<\/div>\n
Rev: Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; E\u039b\u039bA to left, \u039bAPI\u03a3AIA to right.<\/div>\n
5.92 g<\/div>\n
19.1 mm<\/div>\n
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Ex. Gasvoda Collection. Ex. MACM inventory MMoCA5C; Ex. CNG, Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 119(Hammered at 4000$US).<\/font><\/div>\n
Rare.<\/font><\/div>\n

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It is well known that the Aleuas drachms were struck from a single pair of dies. <\/span>A number of theories surround this enigmatic issue, unique in Larissan coinage. <\/span>The issue therefore must have been rather special and produced on a specific occasion. There are still unresolved differences of opinion concerning the exact date of issue and the purpose of this puzzling coin. This writer, believing that we should also take into account the possibility that such an extraordinary issue was hoarded more than the other types of coin in circulation, thus displaying less wear for a given period of time, suggests a date of minting circa 360 BC or even a little earlier.<\/span><\/div>\n

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This drachm features a striking portrait of Aleuas I, the Red-Haired (\u1f08\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03a0\u03c5\u03c1\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2), depicted in a conical helmet adorned with wings and ear flaps, facing three-quarters to the left. Aleuas I was the semi-legendary progenitor of the Aleuads, the influential family that ruled over the Thessalian Larissa. His identity is clearly indicated by the inscription \u0391\u039b\u0395\u03a5, while the reverse displays the ethnic \u039b\u0391\u03a1\u0399\u03a3\u0391\u0399\u0391 alongside the unusual inscription \u0395\u039b\u039b\u0391. AIt has been suggested that \u0395\u039b\u039b\u0391 refers to Hellanokrates, a name known to have been used by the Aleuads. According to Aristotle, a Larissaean aristocrat of this name was involved in the assassination of the Macedonian King Archelaos I around 399 BC (Aristot. pol. 5.1311b). Although it is unclear whether this Hellanokrates issued this very rare type several decades later, or one of his descendants, the combination of Aleuas\u2019 portrait, the signature of the Aleuad aristocrat, and the use of the dative case (instead of the usual genitive) suggests that our Hellanokrates may have financed the coin\u2019s emission as a form of public benefaction to his city. If this interpretation is correct, \u039b\u0391\u03a1\u0399\u03a3\u0391\u0399\u0391 \/ \u0395\u039b\u039b\u0391 can be understood as ‘Hellanokrates [to the] Larissaeans’.<\/font><\/div>\n
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Larissa, Thessaly, AR Drachm, c. -370 to -360 Lorber, Thessalian 94; BCD Thessaly 185 (same dies); HGC 4, 438; BMC 12 (same dies); Gulbenkian 473 (same dies); Jameson 2469 (same dies). Obv: Head of Aleuas facing slightly left, wearing conical helmet; labrys and A\u039bEYA to right. Rev: Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; E\u039b\u039bA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[467],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55872","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-greek-coins","6":"pif-has-gallery","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/55872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=55872"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=55872"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=55872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}