Semis Achilles right; Attic helmet; horse grazing; ΘЄϹϹΑΛⲰΝ

Features

Issuer	Koinon of Thessaly (Achaea)
Emperor	Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) (117-138)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	117-138
Value	Semis (1⁄32)
Currency	Denarius (49 BC to AD 215)
Composition	Brąz
Weight	3.24 g
Diameter	14 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 374068
References	RPC Online III# 464 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , Burrer# 142-143 Friedrich Burrer; 1993. Münzprägung und Geschichte des thessalischen Bundes in der römischen Kaiserzeit bis auf Hadrian: 31 v.Chr. - 138 n.Chr. = Coinage and history of the Thessalian League in the Roman Imperial period up to Hadrian. Saarbrücker Druckerei und Verlag, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.

Obverse

(en) Bust of Achilles facing right, wearing helmet with Pegasos.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΑΧΙΛΛЄΥϹ

Reverse

(en) Horse grazing, facing right.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΘЄϹϹΑΛⲰΝ

Mint

Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Comments

(en)

Achilles appears on this series of coins wearing either an Attic helmet decorated with a Pegasus (shown on the left in the image below) or a Corinthian helmet (shown on the right). The Attic helmet appears on RPC III# 459; RPC III# 460; RPC III# 463; and RPC III# 464. The Corinthian helmet is used on RPC III# 455; RPC III# 456; RPC III# 457; RPC III# 458; RPC III# 461; and RPC III# 462.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (117-138)

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