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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4314501, member: 99456"]An interesting coin and post. If you take a two day's hike, or perhaps a day ride on horseback, to the northwest you come to the town of Phalanna. Livy in <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0144%3Abook%3D42%3Achapter%3D54" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0144%3Abook%3D42%3Achapter%3D54" rel="nofollow">History of Rome 42.54</a> mentions Phalanna in his account of the Third Macedonian War against the Romans (171–168 BC). After four days attacking and ultimately wrecking and burning the city of Mylae, King Perseus of Macedon marched on to Phalanna, and on the following day arrived at Gyrton. Here's <b>Phalanna</b> (marked with a B with your map):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097118[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and an AE coin similar scale to yours of <b>Phalanna</b> from ~150-200 years earlier than Livy's reference. It was minted not far from the time ~352 BC when Philip II of Macedon was appointed Archon of Thessaly for life, making him head of the Thessalian armies and uniting Thessaly and Macedon. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097109[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Thessaly, Phalanna</b>, 380-350, Æ Trichalkon </p><p><b>Obv:</b> Youthful male head right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> [ΦAΛ]–ANNAI[ΩN], head of nymph right, with hair in sakkos [a hairbag made of a coarsely worked wool or linen], wearing earring and necklace</p><p><b>Size:</b> 18mm, 6.04g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4314501, member: 99456"]An interesting coin and post. If you take a two day's hike, or perhaps a day ride on horseback, to the northwest you come to the town of Phalanna. Livy in [URL='https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0144%3Abook%3D42%3Achapter%3D54']History of Rome 42.54[/URL] mentions Phalanna in his account of the Third Macedonian War against the Romans (171–168 BC). After four days attacking and ultimately wrecking and burning the city of Mylae, King Perseus of Macedon marched on to Phalanna, and on the following day arrived at Gyrton. Here's [B]Phalanna[/B] (marked with a B with your map): [ATTACH=full]1097118[/ATTACH] and an AE coin similar scale to yours of [B]Phalanna[/B] from ~150-200 years earlier than Livy's reference. It was minted not far from the time ~352 BC when Philip II of Macedon was appointed Archon of Thessaly for life, making him head of the Thessalian armies and uniting Thessaly and Macedon. [ATTACH=full]1097109[/ATTACH] [B]Thessaly, Phalanna[/B], 380-350, Æ Trichalkon [B]Obv:[/B] Youthful male head right [B]Rev:[/B] [ΦAΛ]–ANNAI[ΩN], head of nymph right, with hair in sakkos [a hairbag made of a coarsely worked wool or linen], wearing earring and necklace [B]Size:[/B] 18mm, 6.04g[/QUOTE]
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