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Drachm - Androsthenes and Aristokles
| Issuer | Thessalian League |
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| Year | 50 BC - 25 BC |
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| Weight | 4.18 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ΑΝΔΡΟ ΣΘΕΝΟΥΣ |
| Reverse description | Athena Itonia standing left, depicted in full figure wearing a crested Corinthian helmet and a flowing peplos, advancing with a spear raised in her right hand and a shield on her left arm. The goddess is rendered in a dynamic martial pose characteristic of the Thessalian League's standard reverse type. The legend ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ appears around the field, with the magistrate name ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ inscribed in the lower portion of the field, distributed around the central figure. The engraving displays the bold, slightly schematic style consistent with Thessalian coinage of the late Hellenistic period. |
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The Thessalian League's federal coinage resumed after Rome reorganized the region as a province in 148 BC, with Larissa serving as the administrative center of the new arrangement. The magistrate names on League issues like this one — here Androsthenes and Aristokles — functioned as a form of civic accountability, rotating officials whose tenures help numismatists establish a rough relative chronology for the series, though absolute dating remains contested across the scholarship.