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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7734801, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1324816[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">A Roman copy of a Greek bronze statue of Athena (possibly Itonia),<a href="https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010277033" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010277033" rel="nofollow"> Louvre Museum</a>, Public domain, via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hope-Farnese_Athena_Louvre_Ma331_n2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hope-Farnese_Athena_Louvre_Ma331_n2.jpg" rel="nofollow">Wikimedia Commons</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Philip V was defeated by the Romans (allied with Pergamon and Rhodes) and gave up all his possessions in southern Greece, Thrace and Asia Minor. T. Quinctius Flamininus won the decisive battle in the Cynoscephalae hills to the south of Scotussa in Thessaly. Afterwards, Livy reports that at the start of the Isthmian Games, the declaration was made:</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua">"THE SENATE OF ROME AND T. QUINCTIUS, THEIR GENERAL, HAVING CONQUERED KING PHILIP AND THE MACEDONIANS DO NOW DECREE AND ORDAIN THAT THESE STATES SHALL BE FREE, SHALL BE RELEASED FROM THE PAYMENT OF TRIBUTE, AND SHALL LIVE UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS, NAMELY THE CORINTHIANS; THE PHOCIANS; ALL THE LOCRIANS TOGETHER WITH THE ISLAND OF EUBOEA; THE MAGNESIANS; THE THESSALIANS; THE PERRHAEBIANS, AND THE ACHAEANS OF PHTHIOTIS."</font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua">-<a href="http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/Livy33.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/Livy33.html" rel="nofollow">Livy History of Rome 33.32</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>The Thessalian League was established as a federation of city states with a representational council and Larissa as the capital. This is a scarce coin from this federation, portraying Apollo on the obverse and on the reverse, Athena Itonia which was the local cult of Athena named for the town of Iton. A <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/athena-itonia.334951/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/athena-itonia.334951/">writeup on Athena Itonia</a> can be found on CT thanks to [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER]. This coin likely struck in Larissa.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1324624[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Thessaly, Thessalian League,</b> Drachm (4.24 g), Late 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC, Her… and Heg… magistrates</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, HP monogram</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΘEΣΣA-ΛΩN, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear and holding forth shield; in right field, HΓ monogram</p><p><b>Ref: </b><a href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/bcd_triton_xv_virtual_catalog/338" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/bcd_triton_xv_virtual_catalog/338" rel="nofollow">BCD Thessaly II (Triton XV) Lot 836</a>; BMC 42; McClean 4968</p><p><br /></p><p>Four coins show up in ACSearch (in 6 auctions) that are a double die match to my coin with an interesting feature.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1324813[/ATTACH]</p><p>It looks like the die broke at some point as the coin on the left does not show the missing bit of die at the top that you can see on the others. Here are the reverses (all from same die as well):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1324814[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the ACSearch links (4 coins in 6 sales) - coins listed in the order illustrated above from left to right.</p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=31560" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=31560" rel="nofollow">CNG Webshop</a>; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3303092" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3303092" rel="nofollow">CNG eAuction 323 2014</a><br /> </li> <li><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4297292" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4297292" rel="nofollow">CNG eAuction 407 2017</a>;</li> <li><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7241361" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7241361" rel="nofollow">Roma eSale 74 2020</a> & <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1928621" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1928621" rel="nofollow">Roma eSale 7 2014</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4108797" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4108797" rel="nofollow">Savoca Auction 16 2017</a> & <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2972655" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2972655" rel="nofollow">Savoca Auction 7 2016</a>;</li> </ul><p><b>Post your coins with die breaks, coins of the Thessalian league, or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7734801, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1324816[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]A Roman copy of a Greek bronze statue of Athena (possibly Itonia),[URL='https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010277033'] Louvre Museum[/URL], Public domain, via [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hope-Farnese_Athena_Louvre_Ma331_n2.jpg']Wikimedia Commons[/URL][/SIZE] Philip V was defeated by the Romans (allied with Pergamon and Rhodes) and gave up all his possessions in southern Greece, Thrace and Asia Minor. T. Quinctius Flamininus won the decisive battle in the Cynoscephalae hills to the south of Scotussa in Thessaly. Afterwards, Livy reports that at the start of the Isthmian Games, the declaration was made: [FONT=Book Antiqua]"THE SENATE OF ROME AND T. QUINCTIUS, THEIR GENERAL, HAVING CONQUERED KING PHILIP AND THE MACEDONIANS DO NOW DECREE AND ORDAIN THAT THESE STATES SHALL BE FREE, SHALL BE RELEASED FROM THE PAYMENT OF TRIBUTE, AND SHALL LIVE UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS, NAMELY THE CORINTHIANS; THE PHOCIANS; ALL THE LOCRIANS TOGETHER WITH THE ISLAND OF EUBOEA; THE MAGNESIANS; THE THESSALIANS; THE PERRHAEBIANS, AND THE ACHAEANS OF PHTHIOTIS." -[URL='http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/Livy33.html']Livy History of Rome 33.32[/URL][/FONT] The Thessalian League was established as a federation of city states with a representational council and Larissa as the capital. This is a scarce coin from this federation, portraying Apollo on the obverse and on the reverse, Athena Itonia which was the local cult of Athena named for the town of Iton. A [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/athena-itonia.334951/']writeup on Athena Itonia[/URL] can be found on CT thanks to [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER]. This coin likely struck in Larissa. [ATTACH=full]1324624[/ATTACH] [B]Thessaly, Thessalian League,[/B] Drachm (4.24 g), Late 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC, Her… and Heg… magistrates [B]Obv:[/B] Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, HP monogram [B]Rev:[/B] ΘEΣΣA-ΛΩN, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear and holding forth shield; in right field, HΓ monogram [B]Ref: [/B][URL='https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/bcd_triton_xv_virtual_catalog/338']BCD Thessaly II (Triton XV) Lot 836[/URL]; BMC 42; McClean 4968 Four coins show up in ACSearch (in 6 auctions) that are a double die match to my coin with an interesting feature. [ATTACH=full]1324813[/ATTACH] It looks like the die broke at some point as the coin on the left does not show the missing bit of die at the top that you can see on the others. Here are the reverses (all from same die as well): [ATTACH=full]1324814[/ATTACH] Here are the ACSearch links (4 coins in 6 sales) - coins listed in the order illustrated above from left to right. [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=31560']CNG Webshop[/URL]; [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3303092']CNG eAuction 323 2014[/URL] [*][URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4297292']CNG eAuction 407 2017[/URL]; [*][URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7241361']Roma eSale 74 2020[/URL] & [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1928621']Roma eSale 7 2014[/URL] [*][URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4108797']Savoca Auction 16 2017[/URL] & [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2972655']Savoca Auction 7 2016[/URL]; [/LIST] [B]Post your coins with die breaks, coins of the Thessalian league, or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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