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bgr_670037 - THESSALY - SKOTOUSSA Drachme

XF/AU

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Type : Drachme

Date: c. 480-450 AC.

Mint name / Town : Scotussa, Thessalie,

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 6,05 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie idéalement centrée des deux côtés. Très joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec reflets dorés et bleutés

Catalogue references :

P.- - Jameson- - BMC.- - Cop.250 - B. traité1441 pl. XLIII/27 - Dewing1420 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Protomé de cheval non bridé à gauche.

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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