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Dichalkon - Ippaitas
| Issuer | Thessalian League |
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| Year | 196 BC - 27 BC |
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| Value | Dichalkon (1⁄24) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Thessalian League was reconstituted under Roman supervision following Flamininus's defeat of Philip V at Cynoscephalae in 197 BC, making this coinage a direct product of Roman reorganization of Greek federal structures rather than any indigenous political revival. The league operated its mint continuously through the late Hellenistic and into the early imperial period — an unusually long institutional run for a Greek federal bronze issue.
The Ippaitas denomination designation reflects the league's persistent association with cavalry culture, rooted in Thessaly's reputation as the preeminent horse-breeding region of the Greek world. Rogers 44 places this among the earlier league bronzes; the BCD Thessaly II corpus remains the definitive die study for attribution.