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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8241658, member: 26430&quot;]Interesting topic! I will confess to knowing much less about the League/Koinon/Federation coins than I would like to (especially the Thessalian, which is next on my reading list). I guess I had always assumed they were largely military leagues established for smaller cities to defend themselves (or the bigger cities to demand tribute from them), perhaps sometimes for trade. I suppose it must vary, but now that you bring it up, that&#039;s a topic I&#039;d like to learn more about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here a pair of my &quot;Koinon of Thessaly&quot; coins -- that is, Thessalian League during the Roman period (RPC 1439 &amp; 1440). The first one depicts Nero-as-Apollo-Citharoedus (radiate) on the reverse (&quot;Nero fiddling...&quot; in commemoration of his musical tour of Greece around 65-66/7 CE and his &quot;liberation of Achaea&quot;), the second a distinctively Thessalian reverse type, a <i>taurokathapsia </i>scene:</p><p><br /></p><p>Burrer 1.1, referenced in RPC 1439:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450717[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>RPC 1440 for type (described as &quot;bovine centaur&quot; in Rogers 81!):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450718[/ATTACH]</p><p>Plus an Augustus that interesting but less visually exciting</p><p>[ATTACH]1450722[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also got some of the Federal Coinage of Phokis from the 5th Cent BCE -- hemiobols with bull/helmet and obols with bull/ram designs:[ATTACH=full]1450724[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>BCD Phokis 198 (9mm, 0.40g):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450723[/ATTACH]</p><p>(plus AE usually dated to the 4th) [ATTACH]1450728[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another one is a billon fraction -- I forget if they&#039;re now considered 36th or 48th staters, but <i>really </i>tiny. (I should get a coin-on-fingertip photo to give perspective, but don&#039;t have the coin at home presently.) Circa 525-513 BC. Two eyes / Incuse punch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rosen 548 (5.5mm, 0.26 g):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450731[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatic literature I usually have a slightly better grip on than the historical, where I sometimes feel a bit lost at sea when trying to figure these things out. My understanding is that there may not be much known about the latter (Koinon of Lesbos c. 500 BCE) during this period, but hopefully I&#039;ll find something. I don&#039;t read German well, so I already know that Burrer&#039;s <i>Münzprägung und Geschichte des thessalischen Bundes in der römischen Kaiserzeit</i> isn&#039;t going to be enough to get a grip on the Thessalian League! I&#039;m open to suggestions, though, if anybody throws one out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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