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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Thessaly| > SH47897
Pherai, Thessaly, Tyrant Alexander, 369 - 359 B.C.
|Thessaly|, |Pherai,| |Thessaly,| |Tyrant| |Alexander,| |369| |-| |359| |B.C.|, Thucydides lists Pherae among the early Thessalian supporters of Athens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War (History of the Peloponnesian War 2.22). Toward the end of the war Lycophron established a tyranny at Pherae. On his death his son Jason became dictator and by around 374 B.C. extended his rule throughout Thessaly. After Jason's assassination and that of his two successors Alexander ruled Pherae with great harshness until he was killed by his wife, Thebe, in 359 B.C., and Thessaly was conquered by the Thebans. Philip of Macedon conquered Pherae in 352 B.C. and subjected Thessaly to Macedonian rule.
SH47897. Silver obol, BCD Thessaly I 1313; HGC 4 580; SNG Cop 244; Traité IV 618 & pl. CCXCIV, 19, VF, Pherai mint, weight 0.698g, maximum diameter 10.3mm, obverse wheel of four spokes; reverse labrys (double ax), A-ΛΕ curving below divided by handle; very rare; SOLD




  







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