Herakles - Thessaly. DOUBLE VICTORIATUS.

         196-1st Century B.C. AR Double Victoriatus. 6.067 grams.
Obverse: Head of Zeus r., crowned with oak.

Reverse: Athena Itonia advancing r., brandishing spear and holding shield.
   BMC 2, 24.
        Very Fine+/Extremely 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 new autonomous coinages were initiated, including          the double victoriatus.