Thessaly, Pelinna; head of Mantho/horseman
Description:
Thessaly, Pelinna, late 3rd - early 2nd century BC. Veiled head of Mantho right / ΠΕΛINNAIΩN; helmeted Thessalian rider wearing chlamys, charging right with couched lance on prancing horse.
Diameter:
AE13 mm
Weight:
2,3 g
Grade:
aVF/gF
Attribution:
Rogers 434, fig. 235
Commentary:
olive patina, some deposits
History:
Mantho was a daughter of Teiresias, famous blind prophet of Thebes.
Article Number:
019-02-02-41652