Description: Thessaly, Pharsalos, 400 - 344 BC.Helmeted head of Athena left / Helmeted head of Athena left / Φ-A-P-Σ; Thessalian cavalryman riding right, holding mace.

Diameter: AE11 mm

Weight: 1,72 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: Rogers 465; cf.BCD Thessaly 667.4

Commentary: dark brown and green patina, good centering

History: In 48 BC the heavily outnumbered army of Julius Caesar defeated his opponent Pompey the Great, making Julius Ceaser the most powerful man in the Roman Empire.

Article Number: 025-04-04-41652