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Thessaly, Thessalian League. Domitian, with Domitia. A.D. 81-96. Æ diassarion (19 mm, 5.37 g, 6 h). ΔOMITIANON KAICAPA ΘECCAΛOI, laureate head of Domitian right; star before neck / ΔOMITIAN CEBAΣTHN, draped bust of Domitia right. Burrer emission 2, 53 (A16/R43?); BCD Thessaly II 947; cf. Rogers 89 (direction of legends); RPC 284. Fine, green patina.
The types of the Thessalian League bronzes of Domitian with Domitia come in several minor varieties: with and without a star in the obverse right field, the direction of the legend, and the form of the Greek letter sigma (Σ, lunate C, angular C). This coin has the star in the obverse field, the normal left-to-right direction of the legend, and angular Cs with the exception of the second sigma in Domitia's titlature, where it appears as a normal Σ. Unless it has been tooled, which it does not appear to have been, then this is a new variety of this type (or perhaps better described as an error of an old variety). Unfortunately the reverse die photographed in Burrer, R43, is too poorly preserved to shed any light on this legend anomaly.
The types of the Thessalian League bronzes of Domitian with Domitia come in several minor varieties: with and without a star in the obverse right field, the direction of the legend, and the form of the Greek letter sigma (Σ, lunate C, angular C). This coin has the star in the obverse field, the normal left-to-right direction of the legend, and angular Cs with the exception of the second sigma in Domitia's titlature, where it appears as a normal Σ. Unless it has been tooled, which it does not appear to have been, then this is a new variety of this type (or perhaps better described as an error of an old variety). Unfortunately the reverse die photographed in Burrer, R43, is too poorly preserved to shed any light on this legend anomaly.