Description: Troas, Larissa-Ptolemais, 4th century BC. Female head left, with hair in sakkos / ΛΑ - ΡΙ; amphora, kerykeion to left, grape bunch above, grain ear to right.

Diameter: AE18 mm

Weight: 5,36 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: Cf. BMC 3 (Larissa Phrikonis in Aiolis; smaller module); cf. Asia Minor Coins online #6282

Commentary: rare; dark grey patina, minor pitting

History: The coins with the ethnic ΠΤΟ-ΛΕ found on the site of the town support the theory that the city was refounded by Ptolemaic dynasty as Ptolemais.

Article Number: 035-11-06-44710