Description

A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE COIN OF PHALANNA THESSALY FROM THE 4TH – 3RD CENTURIES BC .

OBVERSE – Youthful male head to right

REVERSE – Head of nymph to right, wearing plain necklace, her hair bound in a sakkos

The Perrhaebi people of Phalanna took part in the Trojan War under Guneus and also fought in the Battle of Thermopylae.

THE SIZE IS 11.9 MM AND 1.56 GRAMS.