I've been anxiously tracking this coin since October. It disappeared from the radar when it hit the international sort center in New York. That was November 1st. The coin was coming from Switzerland. I drove to my post office box today-- something I only do every month or three-- and it was there! Nomos mailed it to the wrong place. Interestingly, there were no dated stamps of any kind, just something from the sender's country stating when it was mailed. No USPS stamps, no tracking number, nothing. That's really odd because it was a registered package. Somewhere along the way it was stripped of that label. It may have been sitting in my box for 3+ weeks. Note to self: next time a package is missing, check the PO box. Bing recently posted a nice write-up of the Thessalian League (here) so I'll just post the coin. THESSALY, Thessalian League Magistrates Nikolaos, Ni..., and Gorgias AR stater, 48/7 BCE. 23 mm, 6.3 gm Obv: head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath Rev: ΘΕΣΣΑ / ΛΩΝ Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear with her right hand and extending shield in her left; above spear, ΝΙΚΟ -ΛΑΟΣ; below shield, ΝΙ; to left and right, Γ-ΟΡ/ΓΙ-Α/Σ Ref: CNG 78, 14 May 2008, 485 (same dies). Grose 4928 var. ex Höher collection Post your Thessalian League coins (again ).
I am also going to quote Bing on this.... "Following the Roman Republic’s defeat of Macedon, T. Quinctius Flamininus, the victorious general, headed a senatorial commission to establish a protectorate in Greece. As a diplomatic gesture, he pronounced that those Greek areas (including Thessaly) which were formerly under Macedonian control were now free. Flamininus then revived an independent Thessalian League, which had been under the control of the Macedonian king since the time of Philip II." T.Quinctius Flamininus Denarius....trouncing the Macedonian Shield...
Wow, that's a yummy-yummy addition (super-congrats!!) ... arrggghhh => I want one!! Cheers, coin-girlfriend!!
All of the coins in this thread are beautiful. Glad it finally made it into your hands TIF. I think I'd start checking my PO Box more often if I were you.
Nice, sweet and cool all rolled into one. Usually the NY PO are okay, but I hate dealing with them when a problem comes up. On a side note, I'm going to start checking PO boxes regardless if they are mine or not hoping to find coins. Hopefully no one here will hear about me in the news.
This common Greek silver sometimes has impressive style: 22 mm. 6.02 grams. Sear Greek 2231, BMC Thessaly page 3, #27 var. SNG Copenhagen III plate 6.269 -299 with different reverse lettering than any of them. Head of Zeus right/Athena striding right with spear and shield. lettering KO/T left and T/Y right, under facing radiate head in field. "second half of second century BC" according to some references, earlier according to McClean, plate 180.5, #4953. There are very many varieties of lettering and symbols on the reverse.
