v43_0115 - THESSALY - THESSALIAN LEAGUE Tetrobole ou denier
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tetrobole ou denier
Date: c. 196-146 AC.
Mint name / Town : Larissa
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan complet, légèrement irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Frappe molle au revers. A été nettoyé anciennement
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXVI, n° 53 (195€)
Obverse
Obverse legend : MONOGRAMME DERRIÈRE LA TÊTE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon à droite.
Obverse legend : GAUANA
Obverse translation : (Gayana).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDES GRECQUES VERTICALEMENT.
Reverse description : Athéna Itonia combattante marchant à droite, brandissant une javeline transversale de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : QESSA//LWN/ P/O-L/U
Reverse translation : (des Thessaliens/ Poly).
Commentary
Sur notre exemplaire, il faut bien lire Gayana au lieu de Gluona, repéré sur l’exemplaire de la collection de Copenhague.
On our example, it should be read Gayana instead of Gluona, as seen on the example in the Copenhagen collection.
On our example, it should be read Gayana instead of Gluona, as seen on the example in the Copenhagen collection.
Historical background
THESSALY - THESSALIAN LEAGUE
(196-146 BC)
Thessaly was an agricultural and livestock region with wide open spaces. It was renowned for its horses and riders. The coinage of the Confederation would have been made in the most important city of Thessaly, Larissa, name which comes from the daughter of Pelasgos. The city was built on the banks of the Peneios. In 197, General Flaminius won a very great victory at Cynoscephalus over Philip V of Macedon who had supported Hannibal and Carthage during the Second Punic War (221-202 BC). For the first time since Philip II, the freedom of the Greeks was proclaimed in 196 in Corinth on the occasion of the Isthmian Games. Many leagues were then formed. The Thessalian League was one of the most powerful. In 146 BC, it was dissolved and Thessaly integrated into the new province of Macedonia.
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