Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 116 1 Oct 2019
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Phalanna
Drachm circa 340, AR 5.65 g. Youthful male head r. Rev. ΦΑΛΑ – ΝΝ – [ΑΙΩΝ] Bridled horse prancing r.; below, bunch of grapes and AN in monogram. Coin Hoard III, fig. 2, 4 (this coin illustrated). Jameson 1100 (these dies). BCD Thessaly I, 1253 (this coin). BCD Thessaly II, 581 (these dies).
Very rare. Struck on a very broad flan, minor cleaning marks, otherwise extremely fine
Ex Nomos sale 4, 2011, BCD, 1253.
Phalanna was an obscure but important city of the Perrhaiboi that struck a voluminous silver coinage. This very rare drachm features the standard types for the silver coinage of Phalanna-a youthful male head, perhaps representing the war-god Ares, and a prancing horse. The dating of this and other issues featuring a grape bunch symbol remains somewhat controversial. While the majority of scholarship has tended to date the grape series to the fourth century BC, most likely in the context of the Third Sacred War (356-346 BC) and the subsequent campaigns of Philip II in Central Greece, the presence of a surprisingly well-preserved example in the 1975 Thessaly Hoard has led to the suggestion that the series was struck during the general Thessalian revolt against Macedonian domination in c. 229-228 BC.
Drachm circa 340, AR 5.65 g. Youthful male head r. Rev. ΦΑΛΑ – ΝΝ – [ΑΙΩΝ] Bridled horse prancing r.; below, bunch of grapes and AN in monogram. Coin Hoard III, fig. 2, 4 (this coin illustrated). Jameson 1100 (these dies). BCD Thessaly I, 1253 (this coin). BCD Thessaly II, 581 (these dies).
Very rare. Struck on a very broad flan, minor cleaning marks, otherwise extremely fine
Ex Nomos sale 4, 2011, BCD, 1253.
Phalanna was an obscure but important city of the Perrhaiboi that struck a voluminous silver coinage. This very rare drachm features the standard types for the silver coinage of Phalanna-a youthful male head, perhaps representing the war-god Ares, and a prancing horse. The dating of this and other issues featuring a grape bunch symbol remains somewhat controversial. While the majority of scholarship has tended to date the grape series to the fourth century BC, most likely in the context of the Third Sacred War (356-346 BC) and the subsequent campaigns of Philip II in Central Greece, the presence of a surprisingly well-preserved example in the 1975 Thessaly Hoard has led to the suggestion that the series was struck during the general Thessalian revolt against Macedonian domination in c. 229-228 BC.