Description
Thessaly, Thessalian League, Nero (54 – 68 AD). Laouchos, strategos. NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΘEΣΣAΛΩN; laureate head right / ΛAOVXOV ΣTPATHΓOV; Apollo Kitharoedos seated right, holding kithara in his left hand, playing it with his right.
Thessalian League, Nero
150,00 €
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE27 |
| Weight [g]: | 12,38 |
| Grade: | aVF/gF |
| Attribution: | RPC I 1444 |
| Commentary: | flat strike, light geen patina; scarce coin |
Historical Context
In 67 AD Nero ordered 6000 slaves to dug a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth, but after his death one year later and some 800 meters (of 6 km total length) the project was abandoned.
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