Description: Thessaly, Pelinna, 4th century BC. Veiled head of Mantho right / ΠΕΛΙΝΝΑΙΩΝ; horseman with couched lance galloping right.

Diameter: AE19 mm

Weight: 5,78 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: BMC 7; Moustaka 1998, 1

Commentary: dark patina with some deposits, sharp reverse

History: The ascendency of Pelinna in 4th century BC was doubtless due in no small part to the destruction of its powerful neighbor Pharkadon by Philip II in 352 BC.

Article Number: 018-06-01-41652