Thessaly. Metropolis
4th Century BCE
AE 13.30mm 3.01g
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right
Reverse: MHTPOΠOΛI, dove alighting left
Unpublished type? Rogers 407 var (ethnic, right facing Apollo and left alighting dove combination)
Ex Marc Breitsprecher
Not a lot is known about the city of Metropolis in Thessaly (differentiating it from others, such as in Akarnania). Strabo mentions that it was constructed from three smaller towns, after which some others were added.
The city featured more heavily during the Roman invasion, where they faced off against the Aetolians and where much later Julius Caesar’s army passed.
This particular type is rare.
198 BCE
198 BCE
The Aetolian League attempt to take Metropolis after Philip V retreats, but they are repulsed.
191 BCE
Metropolis and Kierion agains surrender their cities to the Romans, this time under Manius Acilius Glabrio.