• FieldDetail
    AuthorityThessalian League (Thessaly, Northern Greece)
    PeriodMid-Hellenistic Period (Post-Roman Liberation)
    DateCirca 196 – 146 BCE
    MetalBronze (AE)
    DenominationChalkous / Small Bronze Unit
    Weight3.04 g
    Diameter13 mm

    Visual Details

    • Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo facing right. Features youthful, idealized profile with hair bound by a laurel wreath.

    • Reverse: Athena Itonia striding right, brandishing a spear in her raised right hand and holding a circular shield on her left arm.

    • Legend: Likely ΘΕΣΣΑ-ΛΩΝ (THESSA-LON)


    Reference Guide

    Similar types are cataloged in major reference works as:

    • BCD Thessaly II: (Various, depending on magistrate monograms)

    • HGC 4: 215–225 (Bronze series)

    • SNG Copenhagen: 315–320

    T & T auctions. The Jennifer collection