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Drachm (Coin) Depicting Thessalos Holding a Bull

435-400 BCE
Silver

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

The front of this coin depicts a youth named Thessalos holding a bull by its horns. On the back a horse leaps to the right, the letters AAP are inscribed above.

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