Ancient and Medieval Coins Canada

Auction 2  –  9 November 2019

Ancient and Medieval Coins Canada, Auction 2

Ancient and Medieval Coins

Sa, 09.11.2019, from 6:00 PM CET
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Description

THESSALY, Phalanna, c. 350 BCE, AE 18 (dichalkon or trichalkon). 6.53g, 17.5mm.
Obv: Head of Ares right, A to left .
Rev: ΦΑΛΑΝΝΑΙΩΝ, head of nymph (Phalanna?) right, with hair in sakkos.
Sear 2180, BCD Thessaly I 1254; BCD Thessaly II 567
Phalanna was the capital of the Perrhaebi, an ancient people mentioned in the Iliad. Historically overshadowed by Larissa, at the time of this coin's minting the polis was “freed” from Larissa’s influence by Philip II when he invaded Thessaly. It remained under the thumb of the Macedonians until it was again “freed” by the Romans in the 2nd century. (One wonders how the Perrhaebi handled all that “freedom.”)

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