Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Semis Achilles right, Corinthian helmet, horse right, ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ, monogram below horse
| Issuer | Thessaly, Koinon of |
|---|---|
| Year | 117-138 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ (Translation: Nikomachos) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Issued by the Thessalian Koinon during the reign of Hadrian, this small bronze belongs to a federal coinage that self-consciously exploited the region's mythological connection to Achilles — a figure the Thessalians claimed as their own with particular insistence. Hadrian himself visited Greece multiple times and actively cultivated Hellenic identity across the eastern provinces, creating a political climate in which local koina found renewed confidence in asserting regional iconographic traditions.
The magistrate name ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ places this within a datable sequence identified in BCD Thessaly II.