Chalkon

Skotoussa was a minor Thessalian polis whose history was shaped largely by catastrophe — Philip II of Macedon reportedly razed and depopulated the city in the mid-4th century BC as punishment for its political allegiances, and the community only gradually reconstituted itself. That this bronze issue exists at all suggests a recovery of civic function substantial enough to warrant a local bronze currency, probably during the 3rd century when Thessaly's cities operated under the loose framework of Macedonian suzerainty.

The BCD collection reference, from the landmark Leu auction of Thessalian bronzes in 2006, remains the primary scholarly benchmark for attributing Skotoussan issues.