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Thessaly

Thessalian Confederacy

196-146 B.C. AR Double Victoriatus. 5.250 grams.

Obverse: Head of Zeus r., crowned with oak.

Reverse: Athena Itonia advancing r. brandishing javelin and holding shield.

BMC 4.

Very Fine+

Following the great victory of the Roman general Flamininus over Philip V
of Macedon in 197 B.C., the freedom of the Greeks was proclaimed at Corinth
and a number of autonomous coinages were intiated, including the double
victoriatus.

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