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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4670146, member: 56859&quot;]Hmm, seems like many people here have one.&nbsp; I wonder why they haven&#039;t come up in any pile-on threads lately.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oddly, in the Virgin Islands where ancient coin pendants were common (not as common as shipwreck coin pendants), the most common ancient coins I saw people wearing were these Thessalian staters, perhaps because they are a good size and abundant.&nbsp; Second most common:&nbsp; Corinth staters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my Thessalian stater:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thessalianleaguestater-rt-jpg.468631/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>THESSALY, Thessalian League</b></p><p>48/7 BCE</p><p>Magistrates Nikolaos, Ni..., and Gorgias</p><p>AR stater, 23 mm, 6.3 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath</p><p>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</p><p>Ref: CNG 78, 14 May 2008, 485 (same dies). Grose 4928 var.</p><p><i>ex Höher collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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