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Historical Context: Following the great victory of the Roman General Flamininus over Philip V of Macedon, in 197 BC. The freedom of the Greeks was proclaimed at Corinth and a number of new autonomous coinages were initiated. Coins in the name of the Thassalian League were probably minted at Larissa. The Thessalian league was a loose confederacy of feudal like states run by a few great Thessalian families. The seat of the Thessalian diet was Larissa.
Obv: Apollo
Rev: Athena Itonia, Brandishing Spear
Diameter: 20 mm diameter (about the little smaller than a US Nickel, but thicker)
Condition: Fine plus
Antique Coins
Ancient coins
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