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Semis Achilles right, Attic helmet, horse right, ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ
| Issuer | Koinon of Thessaly |
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| Year | 117-138 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A horse standing in profile to the right, rendered in a bold, compact style with raised foreleg, the animal set within the field on a plain ground line. The legend CΤΡΑ ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ is distributed around the periphery, recording the name and office of the strategos Nikomachos, the magistrate responsible for the issue. The design reflects the longstanding Thessalian tradition of equine types on coinage, evoking the region's celebrated horse-breeding heritage. |
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| Reverse lettering | CΤΡΑ ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ (Translation: Strategos Nikomachos) |
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Struck under Hadrian, this issue belongs to the revived Thessalian Koinon — a federal league Rome permitted to resume coin production as part of Hadrian's broader policy of cultivating Greek civic identity throughout the eastern provinces. The magistrate name ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ places administrative responsibility on a local official, a practice the Koinon maintained consistently across its Hadrianic bronze issues.
The BCD collection reference here is significant: the BCD Thessaly II hoard provided the most systematic die-study of these small bronzes yet undertaken, revealing that the Koinon produced them in short, controlled runs rather than sustained mint output.