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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24851074, member: 26430&quot;]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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Often described simply as Artemis, but this is the distinctively Thessalian version of the deity: Ennodia, or Artemis Ennodia.</p><p><br /></p><p>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, &quot;<a href="https://conservatoricoins.com/bcd-thessaly-league/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://conservatoricoins.com/bcd-thessaly-league/" rel="nofollow">BCD Thessalian League Supplement</a>,&quot; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3304702" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3304702" rel="nofollow">Lot 4</a> and <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3304703" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3304703" rel="nofollow">Lot 5</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Later yet -- during Augustus&#039; 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&#039;t really see her torches. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can also recognize a considerable decline in artistic quality over that century or two!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1592605[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><b>Thessaly, Koinon (League) Æ Assarion</b> (15mm, 3.77 g, 6h). Megalokes, magistrate, <i>temp</i>. Augustus.</p><p><b>Obv</b>: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩ. Helmeted head of Athena r.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: ΜΕΓΑΛΟΚΛ ΚΑΛΙΤ. Artemis Ennodia with torches r.</p><p><b>Ref/Prov</b>: This coin = <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1429B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1429B" rel="nofollow">RPC I (Online) 1429B.3</a> = CNG EA 325, 20 (ex BCD Coll.).</p><p><b>Ref</b>: BCD Thessaly I 1400; Burrer Emission 2, Series 5 (obv. legend var., unlisted dies).</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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