bgr_758514 - THESSALY - SKOTOUSSA Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 480-450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Scotussa, Thessalie,
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Cheval à l’usure régulière. Patine grise avec de légers reflets bleutés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Protomé de cheval non bridé à droite.
Obverse legend : SU
Reverse
Reverse description : Grain d’orge dans sa gousse, placé verticalement dans un carré creux.
Reverse legend : SK-O
Reverse translation : (Skotussa).
Historical background
THESSALY - SKOTOUSSA
(5th century BC)
Scotussa, near the source of the Onchestos River, was located equidistant between Crannon, Pherai and Pharsale. The city was said to have hosted the oracle of Zeus before he took up residence in Dodona (Strabo, VII, 7-12). In 394 BC with the other Thessalian cities, it opposed Sparta and Agesilaus. It was in the territory of Scotussa that the battle of Cynoscephalus took place in 197 BC, which opposed the Romans of Flaminius to the Macedonians of Philip V..
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