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Double victoriate of Thessalian League with head of Zeus, struck under Philippos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
196–146 B.C.
Mint: Thessaly, Thessalian League
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 5.88 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.103
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 086.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Zeus to right, wearing oak wreath.
Reverse: The Thessalian Athena Itonia in Promachos pose to right, on ground line.
Inscriptions above and around.
Reverse: The Thessalian Athena Itonia in Promachos pose to right, on ground line.
Inscriptions above and around.
ProvenanceBy 1960: on the art market in Athens; January 11, 1961: purchased by MFA from Theodoros Zoumpoulakis for $ 500.00 (this is the total price for 61.103-61.105).