The Koinon of Thessaly — the federal league of Thessalian cities — retained the right to issue bronze coinage under Augustus, a privilege Rome extended selectively to compliant provincial leagues. The strategos named in the legend, Megalokles, was a locally elected magistrate whose office carried both civic and religious functions within the Thessalian federal structure. Such magistrate-named bronzes are among the primary tools for reconstructing the prosopography of provincial Greek elites during the early Principate.
Burrer's die study of this series documented a substantial range of obverse and reverse die pairings across the strategos issues, suggesting production in discrete campaigns rather than continuous striking.
The Koinon of Thessaly — the federal league of Thessalian cities — retained the right to issue bronze coinage under Augustus, a privilege Rome extended selectively to compliant provincial leagues. The strategos named in the legend, Megalokles, was a locally elected magistrate whose office carried both civic and religious functions within the Thessalian federal structure. Such magistrate-named bronzes are among the primary tools for reconstructing the prosopography of provincial Greek elites during the early Principate.
Burrer's die study of this series documented a substantial range of obverse and reverse die pairings across the strategos issues, suggesting production in discrete campaigns rather than continuous striking.