Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 448. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TROAS, Larisa. Circa early 4th Century BC. AR Triobol (1.97). Head of nymph right / LARISAI, amphora. Cf. Winterthur 2767 (diobol); cf. Traité II 2064 (diobol). Toned VF, heavy encrustation. Unpublished, probably unique. ($300)

Until recently, the coins of Larisa Troas were believed to be from Larisa Phriconis in Aeolis. Silver coins from this city are extremely rare, with only four published specimens, all of which are diobols (Winterthur 2767; Traité II 2064; Imhoof-Blumer, "Antike Griechishe Münzen," SNR 19 (1913), 87; and Wroth, "Greek Coins acquired by the British Museum in 1901," NumChron 1902, 26). Thus, this apparently unique specimen is the largest silver coin known for Larisa.