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Obol - Philokrates, Italos and Petraios
| Issuer | Thessalian League |
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| Year | 30 BC - 27 BC |
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| Weight | 6.99 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ΦΙΛΟΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ |
| Reverse description | Athena Itonia standing to left, her right hand extended forward presenting a small Nike figure, while her left arm supports a grounded shield and an upright spear. The composition follows the established Thessalian League iconographic tradition for this deity. The magistrate name ΙΤΑΛΟΥ is divided above the figure (ΙΤΑ - ΛΟΥ), while ΠΕΤΡΑΙΟΣ appears in the lower field below, and the ethnic ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ is placed around the periphery. |
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The Thessalian League's autonomous coinage effectively ended when Augustus reorganized the Greek provinces after Actium. This obol falls within that narrow window — roughly 30 to 27 BC — when the League still issued bronze under its own magistrates before Roman administrative consolidation curtailed local monetary authority. The three magistrate names, Philokrates, Italos, and Petraios, appear together on a handful of catalogued pieces, placing this among the final documented issues of an institution that had operated, with interruptions, since the third century BC.