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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3514633, member: 57495&quot;]This one is a bit different for the Thessalian League, as the types are a Macedonian shield and a Macedonian dart-sling.&nbsp; The theory (by Jennifer Warren) is that it was a propaganda issue struck in the name of the League during the Third Macedonian War, when Perseus of Macedon briefly seized several towns in Thessaly while campaigning against the Romans, who had been in control of the League since the end of the Second Macedonian War.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]932733[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THESSALY, Thessalian League </b></p><p>AE Chalkous. 3.55g, 15.2mm. THESSALY, Thessalian League, circa 170 BC. Warren, “Two Notes on Thessalian Coins,” NC 1961, pl. I, 11; Rogers 4 var. (arrangement of ethnic); BCD Thessaly II 24.2 var. (same); HGC 4, 236. O: Macedonian shield with star in center. R: ΘEΣΣA ΛΩN around from upper left, dart–sling (κεστροσφενδóνη) with dart inside.</p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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