Skotussa in Thessalia, 400-350 BC., Dichalkon, Rogers 545.

Skotussa in Thessalia, 400-350 BC.,
Dichalkon / Æ 18 (17-18 mm / 4,21 g), brass, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 150°),
Obv.: head of Herakles, wearing lion-skin headdress l.
Rev.: Σ - K - O , across and up circular, kantharos in a circular, slightly incuse field.
BCD 743.5 ; Rogers 545, fig. 302 = McClean 4704, pl. 176, 8 .

thanks to "Iolkia" for the ID

Skotoussa was famous for its tree oracle of Zeus Phegonaios, supposedly the forerunner of the more famous one at Dodona. The fertility of the land brought considerable wealth to Skotoussa, especially from the 6th century BC on. Alexander of Pherai conquered the city in 367/6 BC, and as a gesture of reconciliation invited the members of the assembly to meet in the theater. After they all had entered he had them massacred. Philip V had the city fortified. After the Roman conquest the city continued to exist throughout the late Hellenistic period, but by the time Pausanias came to visit in the 2nd century AD, Skotoussa had been abandoned.

As for coinage, the city issued very rare League issues in the mid 5th century BC, and then, around the end of the century, a more substantial series with drachms and a variety of smaller denominations. There was considerable coinage until 367 BC, when there was a break until the city recovered its independence and issued a very small amount of coins around the middle of the century. Finally, the remaining coinage all seems to be late 3rd or early 2nd century BC.