RPC I, 1431B

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1431B
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Tiberius
Magistrate Lykoutas (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΘΕΣΣΑΛΗΩΝ
Obverse design helmeted head of Athena, right
Reverse inscription ΛΥΚΟΥΤΟΥ
Reverse design Athena standing left, with Nike, spear and shield; in left field, monogram
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 1
Reference Burrer —
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Burrer (p. 49 and n. 142) knew three coins of this series, which he dated to the first century (?), but they were too worn to be identified precisely. The new specimen (1431B/1) is clear and allows an attribution to the strategos Lykoutos under Tiberius, as a new denomination.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     BCD
2 2     BCD
3 3     ✸ BCD = CNG EA 325, 23 Apr. 2014, lot 25
4 4     P: 81 Burrer pl. 21.7
5 5     A