The Thessalian League coinage of the late Republican period was minted under direct Roman supervision following Pompey's defeat at Pharsalus in 48 BC, when Thessaly fell firmly under Caesar's control. The magistrates named on this issue — Nikolaos and Gorgias — represent the local Greek administrative apparatus that Rome left nominally in place while extracting the region's resources to fund ongoing civil war operations.
Grose 4928 is among the less frequently encountered die combinations in this short-lived magistrate series.
The Thessalian League coinage of the late Republican period was minted under direct Roman supervision following Pompey's defeat at Pharsalus in 48 BC, when Thessaly fell firmly under Caesar's control. The magistrates named on this issue — Nikolaos and Gorgias — represent the local Greek administrative apparatus that Rome left nominally in place while extracting the region's resources to fund ongoing civil war operations.
Grose 4928 is among the less frequently encountered die combinations in this short-lived magistrate series.