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Drachm
| Issuer | Pharsalos |
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| Year | 425 BC - 350 BC |
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| Weight | 6.29 g |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, rendered in fine archaic-to-classical Thessalian style. The goddess wears a crested Attic helmet adorned with an olive wreath, pendant earring, and raised cheek pieces. The facial features are modeled with confident die work, conveying a serene yet authoritative expression. Behind the neck truncation, the engraver's signature letters ΤΗ appear in small incuse characters, attributing the work to the die-cutter Telephantos. |
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| Mintage | ND (425 BC - 350 BC) |
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Pharsalos was among the most politically volatile cities in Thessaly throughout the fifth and fourth centuries, its ruling dynasties cycling through periods of dominance and subordination as Macedonian pressure from the north increased. This drachm falls within a production window that spans the city's greatest independent influence, roughly coinciding with the ascendancy of the Thessalian League and the periodic interventions of figures like Lycophron of Pherae.
The Lavva corpus remains the specialized reference of record for Pharsalian coinage, with BCD Thessaly I offering the most rigorously die-linked analysis of the series to date.