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Æ18 - Domitian ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝ
| Issuer | Koinon of Thessaly (Achaea) |
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| Year | 81-96 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝ (Translation: for Domitia Augusta) |
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The Koinon of Thessaly's right to strike bronze coinage under the Flavians was a carefully managed privilege, not a given. Provincial leagues across Greece issued coins largely to facilitate local cult payments and festival transactions rather than general commerce, and Thessaly's issues under Domitian fit squarely within that function. Domitian's name appears in the Greek dative — Δομιτιανῷ implied through the accusative honorific — reflecting the dedicatory language of a subject people formalizing loyalty in metal.
Reference II#284 places this among a small cluster of Thessalian Koinon bronzes whose die links have not been fully mapped.