What kind of Greek type is this?

Hello friends,
Here I have another dime-sized, Greek bronze type that I can't ID.
Any clues?

Thanks much!

 

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BCD Thessaly II 417.2 ?

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Many thanks, The Meat Man!

 

Nice one! Scarce mint, Magnetes (in Thessaly). You can even read enough legend to clearly confirm that is indeed the correct mint: MAΓN and maybe a bit of the H in MAΓNHTΩN.

Often described simply as Artemis, but this is the distinctively Thessalian version of the deity: Ennodia, or Artemis Ennodia.

Similar coins were struck about a century later by the Thessalian League, c. 1st cent. BCE. (For comparison, see two examples from CNG EA 325, "BCD Thessalian League Supplement," Lot 4 and Lot 5.)

Later yet -- during Augustus' reign (27 BCE - 14 CE) -- the same reverse type was paired with Athena on the obverse (rather than Apollo, as on yours). My specimen was struck a bit weakly, so you can't really see her torches.

You can also recognize a considerable decline in artistic quality over that century or two!

Thessaly, Koinon (League) Æ Assarion (15mm, 3.77 g, 6h). Megalokes, magistrate, temp. Augustus.
Obv: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩ. Helmeted head of Athena r.
Rev: ΜΕΓΑΛΟΚΛ ΚΑΛΙΤ. Artemis Ennodia with torches r.
Ref/Prov: This coin = RPC I (Online) 1429B.3 = CNG EA 325, 20 (ex BCD Coll.).
Ref: BCD Thessaly I 1400; Burrer Emission 2, Series 5 (obv. legend var., unlisted dies).​

 

Thanks much, Curtis!