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Thessalian League
            Double Victoriatus
         196-146 B.C. 5.950 grams.
     Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus r.

    Reverse: Athena Itonia advancing r., brandishing javelin and holding     shield.
    BMC 1, 9.
     Very Fine+ with light corrosion.

 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 new autonomous coinages were intitiated, including the            Double Victoriatus.


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