THESSALY, Thessalian League. 196-146 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 6.03 gm). Sosipatros and Gorgopas, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath /
QESSA-LWN, Athena Itonia advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield;
[S]WS-IPA[TROS] above, small N-I flanking Athena,
GORGW[PAS] in exergue. Cf. McClean 4873; BMC Thessaly pg. 3, 25 var. (no N-I); SNG Copenhagen 295 var. (same). EF.
This denomination has traditionally been called a "double victoriatus." We are grateful to Yiannis Stoyas for informing us that the correct term is "stater," as attested to in a number of inscriptions from the time
