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Stater - Polyxenos and Eukolos
| Issuer | Thessalian League |
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| Year | 44 BC - 40 BC |
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| Weight | 6.07 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with flowing wavy locks of hair falling across the neck and a full, carefully detailed beard with curling ends. The oak wreath crown is rendered with naturalistic precision, its leaves and berries clearly delineated against the hair. The portrait is bold and deeply struck, occupying the majority of the flan, with no visible legend on the obverse field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Thessalian League's late republican-era staters were struck under Roman supervision following the reorganization of Greek provincial administration, with magistrate name pairs like Polyxenos and Eukolos serving as the League's internal accountability mechanism — a Greek institutional habit the Romans found administratively convenient enough to leave undisturbed. This issue falls squarely within the turbulent decade after Caesar's assassination, when shifting Roman allegiances made Thessaly's political loyalty a matter of active negotiation.