Thessaly Larissa Silver Drachm

Head of a nymph Larissa, AR Drachm. Thessaly, Larissa mint. 405-370 B.C. 

Obverse: Head of nymph Larissa facing slightly right, wearing ampyx.

Reverse: Horse grazing, right.

References: HGC 4, 430; Slg. BCD Thessaly II, 195.

At one point Larissa was an independent Greek city-state that could mint its own coins like the one here. This ended when it was conquered by Philip II, father to Alexander the Great.