| Roman Provincial Coins from Macedonia |  |
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| Macedonia Prima Merida (First Region), Roman Dependent Republic, c. 168 - 149 B.C. |   | This type was minted with Artemis' age ranging from childhood to maturity. "Artemis is presented as ageless in the sense that she is every age. These coins were all struck at the same time and the same place as hoard evidence verifies." -- Wayne Sayles, "Ancient Coin Collecting III, Numismatic Art of the Greek World" |
| SH63571. Silver tetradrachm, SNG Ashmolean 3296, AMNG III 178.1, BMC Macedonia p. 8, 6; SNG Cop 1315 var (monograms), VF, bent flan, weight 16.883 g, maximum diameter 33.1 mm, die axis 45o, Amphipolis mint, c. 168 - 149 B.C.; obverse Macedonian shield (the whole obverse represents a shield) with bust of Artemis Tauropolos (Diana to the Romans) at the center facing right, bow and quiver at her shoulder; reverse MAKEDONWN / PRWTHS (First Macedonia) above and below club, monogram above, TKP monogram below left, MYTE monogram bottom right, all within oak wreath, thunderbolt left; $350.00 (€269.50) |
| Macedonia, Under Roman Rule, Quaestor Aesillas, 90 - 75 B.C. |  | This type was apparently intended to encourage Macedonian pride by portraying the legendary national hero of the Macedonians, and at the same time clearly communicate Roman authority with the symbols and name of the Roman quaestor. |
| SH63648. Silver tetradrachm, cf. Bauslaugh 6C-31, SGCV I 1439, gVF, some corrosion, struck with a worn and repaired obverse die, weight 15.274 g, maximum diameter 34.0 mm, die axis 0o, Thessalonica mint, obverse head of Alexander the Great right with horn of Ammon and flowing hair, Q behind, MAKEDONWN below; reverse AESILLAS / Q above money-chest, club and quaestor's chair, all within laurel wreath; $350.00 (€269.50) |
| Julia Domna, Augusta 194 - 8 April 217 A.D., Stobi, Macedonia, The Rape of Persephone |  | Beautiful Persephone lived a peaceful life far away from the other deities, a goddess within Nature herself before the days of planting seeds and nurturing plants. She was innocently picking flowers when Hades, god of the Underworld, burst through a cleft in the earth and abducted her. While Demeter searched desperately for her daughter she neglected the earth and caused nothing to grow. Zeus, pressed by the cries of hungry people, determined to force Hades to return Persephone. However, Hades had tricked Persephone into eating pomegranate seeds, and because anyone who consumed food or drink in the Underworld was doomed to spend eternity there, she is forced return to the underworld for a period each year. Explaining the seasons, when Demeter and her daughter are reunited, the Earth flourishes with vegetation and color, but for the months each year when Persephone returns to the underworld, the earth becomes barren. |
| RP55006. Bronze AE 26, Josifovski 153, Varbanov 3934, Mionnet Supp III 691, AMNG III -, SNG Cop -, aVF, weight 9.766 g, maximum diameter 26.3 mm, die axis 180o, Stobi mint, obverse IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right; reverse MVNICIPI STOBEN, Hades driving quadriga right, Persephone in right, scepter in left; scarce; $305.00 (€234.85) |
| Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D., Koinon of Macedonia |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and responsible for issuing coinage. Member cities sent representatives to participate in the popular assembly. The Koinon held celebrations and games annually at Beroea (modern Verria) in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor. |
| SH58198. Bronze AE 24, Varbanov 3052; BMC Macedonia p. 28, 156; SNG Cop 1342; SGICV 1541; Lindgren 1366, gVF, weight 8.349 g, maximum diameter 24.3 mm, Thessalonica(?) mint, obverse KAICAP ANTWNINOC, laureate head right; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN, winged thunderbolt; $270.00 (€207.90) |
| Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Stobi, Macedonia |  | |
| SH58236. Bronze AE 22, Josifovski Stobi 56 (V8/R10); Varbanov III 3820 var (rev legend), BMC Macedonia p. 104, 3 var (same); SNG Cop -, SNG ANS -, Lindgren -, VF, weight 9.054 g, maximum diameter 21.6 mm, die axis 180o, Stobi mint, obverse IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN [AVG GERM P M T P COS III], laureate head right; reverse MVNI-CIPI S-TO-BE-NSI, Tetrastyle temple, Asklepios standing facing within, holding serpent staff, round shield on pediment; bold srike, fantastic portrait; rare; $250.00 (€192.50) |
| Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D., Kassandreia, Macedonia |  | Cassandrea, previously Potidaea, was founded as a colony by Hortensius in 43 - 42 B.C. and refounded as COL IVL AVG CASSANDREN by Augustus in 30 B.C. The portrait and inscribed titles indicate this type was struck between 63 and 68 A.D. It may have been struck for Nero's visit to Greece in 66 - 67. |
| SH59952. Bronze AE 22, RPC I 1517, SNG ANS 234, Varbanov 3324, SNG Cop -, VF, weight 8.108 g, maximum diameter 22.5 mm, die axis 180o, Kassandreia mint, 63 - 68 A.D.; obverse NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P (IMP?) P P, radiate head left; reverse COL IVL AVG - CASSANDREN, head of Zeus Ammon left; nice jade patina and attractive style; $250.00 (€192.50) |
| Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D., Koinon of Macedonia |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and responsible for issuing coinage. Member cities sent representatives to participate in the popular assembly. The Koinon held celebrations and games annually at Beroea (modern Verria) in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor. |
| SH62394. Bronze AE 26, RPC I 1612; Varbanov 305; AMNG III 238; SNG Cop 1334; SGICV 425; BMC Macedonia p. 27, 145, gVF, weight 8.594 g, maximum diameter 22.8 mm, Thessalonica(?) mint, 41 - 54 A.D.; obverse TI KLAUDIOS KAISAR, bare head left; reverse SEBASTOS MAKEDONWN, Macedonian shield; coppery highpoints; $250.00 (€192.50) |
| Amphipolis, Macedonia, c. 168 - 31 B.C. |  | On 22 June 168 B.C., Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus won the decisive Battle of Pydna. Perseus of Macedonia was made prisoner and the Third Macedonian War ended. Paullus executed 500 Macedonians, exiled many more to Italy and confiscated their belongings in the name of Rome but according to Plutarch, keeping too much to himself. On the return to Rome in 167 BC, his legions were displeased with their share of the plunder. To keep them happy, Paullus stopped in Epirus, a kingdom suspected of sympathizing with Macedonia; 70 towns were sacked, 150,000 people enslaved and the region was left to bankruptcy. Paullus' return to Rome was glorious. With the immense plunder collected in Macedonia and Epirus, he celebrated a spectacular triumph, featuring the captured king of Macedonia himself. The senate awarded him the cognomen Macedonicus. |
| SH62318. Bronze AE 22, BMC Macedonia 21, SNG Cop 58 var (monograms above and below inscription on rev), SNG ANS 104 var (same), VF, weight 7.633 g, maximum diameter 22.1 mm, die axis 270o, Amphipolis mint, c. 168 - 31 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Roma right, winged helmet terminating at the top with the head of a griffin; reverse AMFIPO/LITWN within oak-wreath; rare; $245.00 (€188.65) |
| Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Amphipolis, Macedonia |  | |
| SH58235. Bronze AE 25, SNG Evelpidis 1186, Varbanov III 3250 var (fish in ex, same obv die), BMC 118 var (same), SNG Cop 109 var (obv legend), SNG ANS 194 var (same, draped), VF, weight 8.849 g, maximum diameter 25.2 mm, die axis 225o, Amphipolis mint, obverse AUTOK M AUR KOMMODOC ANTON, laureate head right; reverse AMFIPOLEITWN, City-goddess seated left on high-backed throne, polos on head, patera in extended right; rare; $225.00 (€173.25) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Thessalonica, Macedonia |  | The god Kabeiros is similar in appearance to Dionysos and the rites of his cult were likely similar to those of the Dionysian mysteries. The attributes of Kabeiros are a rhyton and hammer. |
| RP59998. Bronze AE 25, Varbanov 4709, BMC Macedonia p. 127, 133, SNG Cop -, VF, light scratches, weight 8.831 g, maximum diameter 25.2 mm, die axis 0o, Thessalonica mint, obverse AUK K M IOU FILIPPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse QECCALONIKEWN PUQIA, Apollo standing left, small Kabeiros in right, laurel branch in left, at his feet, agonistic urn containing a palm branch rests on a table; scarce; $225.00 (€173.25) |
| Julius Caesar and Augustus, Thessalonica, Macedonia, 27 B.C. - 14 A.D. |  | Based on style and epigraphy, Touratsoglou dated this type to the reign of Domitian. Howgego, however, pointed out that some countermarks on coins of this type are otherwise found only on coins from Amphipolis dating from the reign of Augustus.
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| RP63711. Bronze AE 20, RPC I 1555, SNG ANS 828, Touratsoglou 6-8 (Domitian emission II, uncertain dies), F, flan crack, tooling(?), weight 8.339 g, maximum diameter 20.4 mm, die axis 180o, Thessalonica mint, 27 B.C. - 14 A.D. (or later); obverse QEOS, bare head of Divus Julius Caesar right; reverse QESSAL-ONIKEWN, bare head of Octavian Augustus right; $220.00 (€169.40) |
| Mark Antony and Octavian, Thessalonica, Macedonia, 37 B.C. |  | The reverse inscription abbreviates, MARKOS ANTWNIONS AUTOKRATWR GAIOS KAISAR AUTOKRATWR. The bust of Libertas on the obverse "refers to the grant of freedom by the Triumvirs to Thessalonica in 42 BC after the battle of Philippi (the victory which is celebrated on the reverse)." -- RPC I, p. 29
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| SH63716. Leaded bronze AE 31, BMC Macedonia p. 115, 63; RPC I 1551; Sear Imperators 672; SNG Cop 374, SNG ANS 823, F, weight 18.710 g, maximum diameter 31.0 mm, die axis 180o, Thessalonica mint, 37 B.C.; obverse QESSALONKEWN ELEUQERIAS, diademed and draped bust of Eleutheria (Liberty) right, E (year 5) below chin; reverse M ANT AUT G KAI AUT, Nike advancing left, extending wreath in right, palm frond in left; $220.00 (€169.40) |
| Valerian I, October 253 - c. June 260 A.D., Thessalonica, Macedonia |  | The god Kabeiros is similar in appearance to Dionysos and the rites of his cult were likely similar to those of the Dionysian mysteries. The attributes of Kabeiros are a rhyton and hammer.
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| RP63719. Bronze AE 22, Varbanov III 4771, Lindgren 1252, SNG Cop 441, cf. SNG ANS 900 (Salonina), VF, weight 6.465 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 0o, Thessalonica mint, obverse AUT K POP OUALERIANOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right from behind; reverse QECCALONIKH B NE, Kabeiros standing within distyle temple, rhyton in right, hammer in left, altar at feet left, anvil(?) at feet right; rare; $200.00 (€154.00) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Severus Alexander, c. 231 - 235 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
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| RP58383. Bronze AE 25, AMNG III 362, SNG Hunterian 741, BMC Macedonia -, SNG Cop -, SNG Bar -, SNG Saroglos -, Lindgren -, VF, weight 12.093 g, maximum diameter 24.7 mm, die axis 180o, Beroea(?) mint, c. 231 - 235 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right, gazing upward; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN, NEW, Zeus seated left on throne without back, patera in right, long scepter vertical in left; scarce; $160.00 (€123.20) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, c. 231 - 247 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D |
| RP56040. Bronze AE 28, AMNG III 583; cf. BMC Macedonia p. 24, 118 (no B for 2nd neokorie); SNG Cop -; SNG Bar -; SNG Saroglos -; Lindgren -, VF, weight 9.686 g, maximum diameter 28.0 mm, die axis 45o, Beroea(?) mint, probably struck under Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right ; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN B NEOK, lion walking right, club above; scarce; $150.00 (€115.50) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Severus Alexander, c. 231 - 235 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
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| RP58385. Bronze AE 25, cf. Lindgren II 1383 (obv helmeted); AMNG III 364 var (Athena also holds spear), SNG Bar 502 (2 neokorie); BMC -, SNG Cop -, SNG Hunterian -, VF, weight 13.005 g, maximum diameter 25.4 mm, die axis 0o, Beroea(?) mint, c. 231 - 235 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right, gazing upward, club below neck; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN, NEW in ex, Athena seated left, helmeted, patera in right, resting left arm on shield behind; not in sources consulted, perhaps unpublished; very rare; $140.00 (€107.80) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | Simillar types with the club over lion reverse that identify only a single Neokorie in the reverse legend (no B) were struck under Severus Alexander, c. 231 - 238. Another similar issue is dated EOC, year 275 of the Actium Era (244 - 245 A.D.), on the reverse. They were probably struck for the visit of Philip I in 244. |
| RP58833. Bronze AE 26, AMNG III 741; BMC Macedonia p. 24, 118; SNG Cop 1375; SNG Bar 504; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Saroglos -; Lindgren -, aVF, rough, weight 10.578 g, maximum diameter 26.1 mm, die axis 180o, Beroea(?) mint, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, head of Alexander the Great right, as Herakles, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN B NEW, lion walking right, club left above; scarce; $140.00 (€107.80) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Severus Alexander, c. 222 - 235 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
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| RP55238. Bronze AE 26, AMNG III 453, SNG Cop 1361, BMC Macedonia 99, Lindgren -, VF, nice green patina, weight 10.612 g, maximum diameter 26.4 mm, die axis 135o, Beroea(?) mint, reign of Severus Alexander, c. 222 - 235 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN DIC NEW, serpent arising from cista mystica right; scarce; $135.00 (€103.95) |
| Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D., Amphipolis, Macedonia |  | |
| RP56017. Bronze AE 22, Varbanov III 3301, SNG Cop 118, gVF, weight 6.454 g, maximum diameter 22.0 mm, die axis 180o, Amphipolis mint, obverse AUT K M AUP CEU ALEXANDR, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse AMFIPOLEITWN, turreted city goddess enthroned left, patera in extended right, fish in ex; $135.00 (€103.95) |
| Julius Caesar and Augustus Commemorative Restitution Issue, 81 - 96 A.D., Thessalonica, Macedonia |  | |
| RP62503. Bronze AE 22, RPC I 1555, SNG ANS 824 ff., aF, weight 7.847 g, maximum diameter 18.7 mm, die axis 180o, Thessalonica mint, reign of Domitian, 81 - 96 A.D.; obverse QEOS, bare head of Julius Caesar right; reverse QESSALONIKEWN, bare head of Octavian Augustus right; $135.00 (€103.95) |
| Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Edessa, Macedonia |  | Edessa, Macedonia struck coins from 27 B.C. to 268 A.D. Located on the Via Egnatia, the city prospered in under the Romans but disappeared from history after 500 A.D. In 304 B.C., Seleucus I Nicator commemorated Edessa, Macedonia by founding a city named Edessa in northern Mesopotamia. |
| RP62512. Bronze AE 25, Varbanov 3657 ff. var (obverse legend), SNG Cop 168 - 170 var (same), SNG ANS 265 var (same), BMC Macedonia 25 var (same), AMNG III -, VF/aVF, weight 9.656 g, maximum diameter 24.7 mm, die axis 225o, Edessa mint, obverse AUT K M ANTW GORDIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse EDECCAIWN, Roma seated left on cuirass, Nike in right, parazonium in left, Tyche standing behind crowing Roma with right, cornucopia in left; a few cleaning scratches on the reverse, nice green patina; rare variety; $125.00 (€96.25) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D. |
| RP58391. Bronze AE 26, Lingren II 1382; cf. AMNG III 618 (no star); SNG Cop 1369 (same); SNG Hunterian 742 (same); SNG Bar 502 (same); BMC Macedonia p. 24, 115 (1 neokorie), gF, weight 11.403 g, maximum diameter 25.7 mm, die axis 45o, Beroea(?) mint, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN B NE (NE ligate), Athena seated left, Nike in right, spear in left, resting left arm on shield, star in right field; $120.00 (€92.40) |
| Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D., Amphipolis, Macedonia |  | Artemis Tauropolos was an epithet for the goddess Artemis, variously interpreted as worshipped at Tauris, or pulled by a yoke of bulls, or hunting bull goddess. A statue of Artemis "Tauropolos" in her temple at Brauron in Attica was supposed to have been brought from the Taurians by Iphigenia. Tauropolia was a festival of Artemis in Athens. - Wikipedia
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| RP63706. Bronze AE 21, RPC I 1640, SNG Cop 98, BMC Macedonia p. 54, 89, F, weight 8.891 g, maximum diameter 21.3 mm, die axis 180o, Amphipolis mint, obverse TI KLAUDIOS SEBASTOS, Claudius standing left, right hand raised, holding eagle tipped scepter in left; reverse AMFIPOLITWN, Artemis Tauropolos riding a bull right, holding a veil billowing over her head; $120.00 (€92.40) |
| Macedonia, c. 168 B.C, Imitative of Type from Histiaia, North Euboea, Greece, 2nd Century B.C. |  | Sear notes crude Histiaia imitations seem to have been struck in Macedonia just prior to the Roman victory in 168 B.C. During the Republic, Roman military mints sometimes struck imitative types to make local payments. Examples include Thasian imitatives in Macedonia and Philip Philadelphos imitatives at Antioch. Perhaps this imitative is a Roman military issue. |
| GS60645. Silver tetrobol, See SGCV I p. 233 note following #2498; regarding imitatives of a 2nd century B.C. type from Histiaia, North Euboea, Greece, VF, weight 2.185 g, maximum diameter 15.0 mm, die axis 0o, uncertain Macedonian mint, c. 168 B.C.; obverse head of nymph Histiaia right, wreathed with vine, hair rolled; reverse ISTIAEWN, nymph Histiaia seated right on galley; $115.00 (€88.55) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | For the Alexander commemorative series issued by the Koinon of Macedonia, AMNG is by far the best reference listing over 500 different varieties on 100 pages, an absolutely bewildering study. With few plate images and listing many minor variations, it is a challenge to use for anyone who does not speak German. Varbanov only lists coins of the Koinon with portraits of the emperor on the obverse. |
| RP56907. Bronze AE 28, cf. AMNG III 615 ff.; BMC Macedonia p. 24, 113 ff.; SNG Hunterian 742 - 743; SNG Saroglos 984; SNG Cop -, aVF, weight 13.408 g, maximum diameter 27.8 mm, die axis 180o, Beroea(?) mint, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN B NEW (or similar), Athena seated left, Nike in right presenting wreath, spear in left, shield behind; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Severus Alexander, c. 231 - 235 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
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| RP58388. Bronze AE 27, AMNG III 343; BMC Macedonia p. 24, 113; SNG Cop-; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Bar -; SNG Saroglos -; Lindgren -, aVF, weight 13.352 g, maximum diameter 27.1 mm, die axis 0o, Beroea(?) mint, c. 231 - 235 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right, gazing upward; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN NEW, Athena seated left, helmetd, Nike presenting wreath in right, spear in left, resting left arm on shield; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D. |
| RP58389. Bronze AE 27, AMNG III 720 var (rev legend), cf. SNG Hunterian 747 (Alexander diadamed); BMC Macedonia -, SNG Cop -, SNG Bar -, SNG Saroglos -, Lindgren -, aVF, reverse pitting, weight 12.387 g, maximum diameter 26.7 mm, die axis 45o, Beroea(?) mint, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDPOU, head of Alexander the Great right, as Herakles, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN B NEWKO, Nike in galloping biga right; legend variation not in sources consulted, perhaps unpublished; very rare; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Philippi, Macedonia, 41 - 68 A.D. |  | This coin has traditionally been attributed to Augustus, but due to its copper composition, RPC attributes it as likely from Claudius to Nero; Philippi probably did not issue copper coins during the reign of Augustus.
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| RP63699. Bronze AE 19, RPC I 1651, SGICV 32, SNG Cop 305, VF, weight 3.883 g, maximum diameter 18.5 mm, die axis 180o, Philippi mint, 41 - 68 A.D.; obverse VIC - AVG, Victory standing left on base holding wreath and palm; reverse COHOR PRAE PHIL, three standards; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Pella, Macedonia, c. 187 - 31 B.C. |  | Pella was founded in 399 BC by King Archelaus (413 - 399 B.C.) as his capital. It was the seat Philip II and of his son, Alexander the Great. In 168 B.C., it was sacked by the Romans, and its treasury transported to Rome. Later the city was destroyed by an earthquake. By 180 A.D., Lucian could describe it in passing as "now insignificant, with very few inhabitants."
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| GB63866. Bronze AE 17, SNG ANS 572; BMC Macedonia p. 92, 29; SNG Cop 257, gF, nice green patina, weight 6.388 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 0o, Pella mint, c. 187 - 131 B.C.; obverse veiled facing head of Demeter; reverse PEL/LHS, cow grazing right; monogram below belly, stalk of barley on right in exerge; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Roman Macedonia, "Thasian" Type, c. 148 - 80 B.C. |  | This Dionysos / Herakles type was first struck by Thasos itself on the island and in its continental territories in the South of the Balkans, c. 168 - 148 B.C. After Rome took control of the area, "Thasian" types were struck by Roman authorities, c. 148 - 80 B.C., mainly in Macedonia but also, perhaps, by mobile military mints on campaigns. Imitatives were also struck by at least several tribal groups (mainly Celtic or mixed enclaves) from as early as 120 - 100 B.C. to about 20 - 10 B.C. |
| GS59178. Silver tetradrachm, Prokopov Thasos, group XVI, 1550 (O DE1/R 1232); SNG Cop 1040 ff., gF, edge chip, weight 16.139 g, maximum diameter 31.6 mm, die axis 315o, c. 148 - 80 B.C.; obverse head of Dionysos right, wearing taenia and wreathed in ivy and grapes; reverse HRAKLEOUS SWTHROS QASIWN, Herakles standing half left, nude but for Nemean lion's skin on left arm, resting right hand on grounded club before him, left on hip, MH monogram inner left; crystalized, fragile; $100.00 (€77.00) |
| Amphipolis, Macedonia, c. 168 - 149 B.C. |  | On 22 June 168 B.C., Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus won the decisive Battle of Pydna. Perseus of Macedonia was made prisoner and the Third Macedonian War ended. Paullus executed 500 Macedonians, exiled many more to Italy and confiscated their belongings in the name of Rome but according to Plutarch, keeping too much to himself. On the return to Rome in 167 BC, his legions were displeased with their share of the plunder. To keep them happy, Paullus stopped in Epirus, a kingdom suspected of sympathizing with Macedonia; 70 towns were sacked, 150,000 people enslaved and the region was left to bankruptcy. Paullus' return to Rome was glorious. With the immense plunder collected in Macedonia and Epirus, he celebrated a spectacular triumph, featuring the captured king of Macedonia himself. The senate awarded him the cognomen Macedonicus. |
| GB56128. Bronze AE 17, BMC Macedonia p. 48, 40 - 41; AMNG III 51, SNG Cop -; SNG Evelpidis -, VF, weight 4.247 g, maximum diameter 17.6 mm, die axis 0o, Amphipolis mint, c. 168 - 149 B.C.; obverse ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos right; reverse AMFIPO/LEITWN, Goat standing right; well centered on a broad flan; scarce; $90.00 (€69.30) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D., Alexander and Bucephalus |  | Plutarch tells the story of how, in 344 B.C. Philonicus the Thessalian, a horse dealer, offered a massive wild stallion to Alexander's father, King Philip II. Since no one could tame the animal, Philip was not interested. Alexander, however, seeing that the horse was afraid of his own shadow, promised to pay for the horse himself should he fail to tame it. He was given a chance and surprised all by subduing it. Alexander spoke soothingly to the horse and turned it towards the sun so that it could no longer see its shadow. Eventually Bucephalus allowed Alexander to ride him. Embarrassed, Philip commented "O my son, look thee out a kingdom equal to and worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for thee." Alexander named the horse Bucephalus because the horse's head seemed "as broad as a bull's." Bucephalus died of battle wounds in 326 B.C., in Alexander's last battle. Alexander founded the city of Bucephala (thought to be the modern town of Jhelum, Pakistan) in memory of his wonderful horse. |
| RP58386. Bronze AE 26, AMNG III 724; cf BMC Macedonia p. 22, 102 (one neokorie); SNG Cop -; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Bar -; SNG Saroglos -; Lindgren -, aVF detail, deep flan flaw, weight 10.431 g, maximum diameter 26.5 mm, die axis 225o, Beroea(?) mint, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, head of Alexander the Great right, as Herakles, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN B NEW, Alexander galloping left on his horse Bucephalus, about to spear a lion leaping left below; rare; $90.00 (€69.30) |
| Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D., Stobi, Macedonia |  | |
| RP53788. Bronze AE 26, Josifovski 421, Varbanov III 3943 var (legends), VF, nice green patina, weight 5.791 g, maximum diameter 25.9 mm, die axis 180o, Stobi mint, obverse M AVREL ANTONINVS AV, laureate head right; reverse MVNI STOB, Victory standing left, wreath extended in right, palm frond in left; $85.00 (€65.45) |
| Tiberius and Drusus Caesar, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Uncertain Mint (Philippi?), Macedonia |  | Drusus, the only son of Tiberius, never obtained the throne. Drusus' wife Livilla was seduced by the praetorian prefect Sejanus. She poisoned Drusus to support Sejanus' plot to become emperor. Years later the plot was discovered and Sejanus and Livilla were executed. |
| RP59942. Bronze AE 18, RPC I 1658; BMC Mysia p. 104 , 92 (Parium); SNG Cop -; SNG ANS -, aF, weight 5.335 g, maximum diameter 17.0 mm, die axis 0o, Philippi(?) mint, obverse TI AVG DRVSVS CAESAR, jugate heads of Tiberius and Drusus right; reverse two priests plowing right behind oxen; $85.00 (€65.45) |
| Macedonia, Roman Protectorate, Quastor Gaius Publilius, 168 - 167 B.C. |  | On 22 June 168 B.C., Lucius Aemilius Paullus won the Battle of Pydna, ending the Third Macedonian War. According to Plutarch, Paullus kept too plunder for himself, displeasing his legions. On his return to Rome, to keep them happy, Paullus stopped in Epirus, a kingdom suspected of sympathizing with Macedonia. He sacked 70 towns, enslaved 150,000, and left the region bankrupt. Paullus' return to Rome was glorious. With the immense plunder, he celebrated a spectacular triumph, featuring the captured king, Perseus of Macedonia. The senate awarded him the cognomen Macedonicus. |
| RP62146. Bronze AE 18, BMC Macedonia p. 18, 76; SNG Cop 1323; AMNG III 210, MacKay pl. III, 5 var (noted variant); Lindgren 1350 var (monograms), F, weight 10.403 g, maximum diameter 20.1 mm, die axis 0o, Bottiaea, Pella(?) mint, 168 - 167 B.C.; obverse head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Athenian helmet adorned with a griffin and foreparts of horses (as on contemporary Athenian tetradrachms); reverse GAIOU / TAMIOU, cow grazing right, PLU (POPLILIOU) monogram above right, BT (Bottiaea) monogram below; scarce; $85.00 (€65.45) |
| Macedonia, c. 168 B.C, Imitative of Type from Histiaia, North Euboea, Greece, 2nd Century B.C. |  | Sear notes crude Histiaia imitations seem to have been struck in Macedonia just prior to the Roman victory in 168 B.C. During the Republic, Roman military mints sometimes struck imitative types to make local payments. Examples include Thasian imitatives in Macedonia and Philip Philadelphos imitatives at Antioch. This imitative is likely a Roman military issue. |
| GS63549. Silver tetrobol, See SGCV I p. 233 note following #2498; regarding imitatives of a 2nd century B.C. type from Histiaia, North Euboea, Greece, aVF, worn dies, weight 2.173 g, maximum diameter 14.2 mm, die axis 0o, Roman military(?) mint, c. 168 B.C.; obverse head of nymph Histiaia right, wreathed with vine, hair rolled; reverse ISTIAEWN, nymph Histiaia seated right on stern of a galley holding naval standard, ornate apluster; ex Helios; $85.00 (€65.45) |
| Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D., Thessalonica, Macedonia |  | In 1423, Despot Andronicus, who was in charge of the Thessaloniki, ceded it to the Republic of Venice in the hope that it could be protected from the Ottomans who were besieging the city (there is no evidence to support the oft-repeated story that he sold the city to them). The Venetians held Thessaloniki until it was captured by the Ottoman Sultan Murad II on the 29th of March, 1430. Murad II took Thessaloniki with a brutal massacre and enslaved roughly one-fifth of the city's native population. During the First Balkan War, on 26 October 1912, the feast day of the city's patron saint, Saint Demetrius, the Greek Army accepted the surrender of the Ottoman garrison at Thessalonika; after the Second Balkan War, in 1913 Thessaloniki was annexed to Greece by the Treaty of Bucharest. |
| RP51923. Bronze triassarion, Varbanov III 4383, AMNG -, BMC -, VF, green patina, weight 5.920 g, maximum diameter 19.2 mm, die axis 0o, Thessalonica mint, obverse AV K M AVP ANTWNINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse QEC / CALO / NEIKE / WN, legend in four lines within wreath; rare; $80.00 (€61.60) |
| Pella, Macedonia, c. 187 - 31 B.C. |  | Pella was founded in 399 BC by King Archelaus (413 - 399 B.C.) as his capital. It was the seat Philip II and of his son, Alexander the Great. In 168 BC, it was sacked by the Romans, and its treasury transported to Rome. Later the city was destroyed by an earthquake. By 180 A.D., Lucian could describe it in passing as "now insignificant, with very few inhabitants." |
| BB52317. Bronze AE 18, SNG Cop 266 ff. var (monogram), SGCV I 1443, F, weight 8.868 g, maximum diameter 21.2 mm, die axis 0o, Pella mint, obverse helmeted head of Athena right; reverse PELLHS, cow grazing right; $75.00 (€57.75) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Gordian III, c. 238 - 244 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
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| RP56114. Bronze AE 26, AMNG III 628; cf. SNG Cop 1369 (Nike vice patera), SNG Saroglos 984 (same), Lindgren II 1383 (Alexander helmeted), F, nice patina, weight 11.630 g, maximum diameter 25.6 mm, die axis 225o, Beroea(?) mint, reign of Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN [B NEW], Athena seated left, patera in right, spear vertical behind in left, shield behind; scarce; $75.00 (€57.75) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reigns of Severus Alexander - Philip I, 231 - 247 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The reverse legend is blundered. On other examples, the B (indicating the second Neokorie) is before, after or above NEWKOP (often abbreviated). It appears the engraver, out of space, improvised.
The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
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| RP50389. Bronze AE 25, AMNG III 601 var (rev legend); SNG Cop 1353 var (same); BMC Macedonia p. 25, 131 var (same); SNG Hunterian 746 var (same & star right), F, encrustation, weight 12.027 g, maximum diameter 25.3 mm, die axis 45o, Beroea(?) mint, probably struck under Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right, thunderbolt under chin; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN NEW B R (sic), table with lion's feet, upon it two agonistic prize urns each containing a palm frond; $70.00 (€53.90) |
| Vespasian, 25 1 July 69 - 24 June 79 A.D., Koinon of Macedonia |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and responsible for issuing coinage. Member cities sent representatives to participate in the popular assembly. The Koinon held celebrations and games annually at Beroea (modern Verria) in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor. |
| RP56116. Bronze AE 24, RPC II 334; Varbanov 3021; AMNG III 249; SGCV 696; BMC Macedonia p. 27, 149 var (obv legend); SNG Cop 1334 var (same); Lindgren II 1358 var (same), F, weight 6.381 g, maximum diameter 23.6 mm, Thessalonica(?) mint, 69 - 79 A.D.; obverse AUTOKRATWR OUESPASIANOS KAISAR, laureate head left; reverse SEBASTOS MAKEDONWN, Macedonian shield; scarce; $70.00 (€53.90) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reigns of Elagabalus - Gordian III, 218 - 244 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
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| RP58387. Bronze AE 26, cf. AMNG III 364; BMC Macedonia p. 24, 114, F, weight 10.437 g, maximum diameter 26.1 mm, die axis 255o, Beroea(?) mint, 218 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN, NEW (or similar), Athena seated left, helmeted, Nike or patera in right, resting left elbow on shield behind; scarce; $70.00 (€53.90) |
| Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Amphipolis, Macedonia |  | Artemis Tauropolos was an epithet for the goddess Artemis, variously interpreted as worshipped at Tauris, or pulled by a yoke of bulls, or hunting bull goddess. A statue of Artemis "Tauropolos" in her temple at Brauron in Attica was supposed to have been brought from the Taurians by Iphigenia. Tauropolia was a festival of Artemis in Athens. - Wikipedia |
| RP58463. Bronze AE 21, RPC I 1626, SNG ANS 164 - 165, SNG Cop 89 - 91, BMC Macedonia 73, F, turquoise patina, weight 11.128 g, maximum diameter 21.0 mm, die axis 0o, Amphipolis mint, obverse KAISAR QEOU UIOS, bare head right; reverse AMFIPOLEITWN, Artemis Tauropolos riding bull right, holding billowing veil with both hands; $70.00 (€53.90) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
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| RP58829. Bronze AE 26, AMNG III 536; SNG Hunterian 742; SNG Bar 502 var (NE ligate); SNG Cop 1369 var (NEW); BMC Macedonia p. 24, 113 var (same), F, weight 12.872 g, maximum diameter 25.5 mm, die axis 225o, Beroea(?) mint, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right, gazing upward; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN B NE, Athena seated left, Nike in right, spear on left arm, shield behind; $70.00 (€53.90) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
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| RP58834. Bronze AE 27, AMNG III 535, SNG Cop 1369 var, SNG Hunterian 742, Lindgren 1382 var, SNG Bar 502 var, SNG Saroglos 984 var, BMC - (all var rev legend arrangement), F, obverse rough, weight 11.691 g, maximum diameter 27.1 mm, die axis 45o, Beroea(?) mint, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN B, NEW in ex, Athena seated left, Nike in right, shield behind; $70.00 (€53.90) |
| Thessalonica, Macedonia, 1st - 3rd Century A.D. |  | SNG Dreer identifies the bust as Livia and dates the coin to the reign of Tiberius, 14 - 37 A.D. |
| RP60229. Bronze AE 20, BMC Macedonia p. 114, 55; SNG Cop 388 ff., SNG Dreer 313, Lindgren I 117, VF, weight 5.542 g, maximum diameter 21.4 mm, die axis 0o, Thessalonica mint, 1st - 3rd Century A.D.; obverse QECCA-LONIKH, turreted and veiled female head right; reverse QEC/CALO/NIKE/WN, legend in four lines within wreath; $70.00 (€53.90) |
| Macedonia, Roman Dependent Republic, c. 168 - 167 B.C. |  | On 22 June 168 B.C., Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeated the Macedonian King Perseus at the Battle of Pydna, and Macedonia came under Roman rule. This coin was struck shortly after Rome's victory, under the quaestor Gaius Publilius. |
| RP56120. Bronze AE 22, SNG Cop 1320, aVF, weight 8.772 g, maximum diameter 21.8 mm, die axis 270o, Thessalonica(?) mint, 168 - 167 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Roma right; reverse GAIOU TAMIOU / POPLILIOU, legend within wreath; $60.00 (€46.20) |
| Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D., Amphipolis, Macedonia |  | Artemis Tauropolos was an epithet for the goddess Artemis, variously interpreted as worshipped at Tauris, or pulled by a yoke of bulls, or hunting bull goddess. A statue of Artemis "Tauropolos" in her temple at Brauron in Attica was supposed to have been brought from the Taurians by Iphigenia. Tauropolia was a festival of Artemis in Athens. - Wikipedia |
| RP56103. Bronze AE 22, RPC I 1640, SNG Cop 98, gF, weight 10.076 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 180o, Amphipolis mint, obverse TI KLAUDIOS SEBASTOS, Claudius standing left, right hand raised, holding eagle tipped scepter in left; reverse AMFIPOLITWN, Artemis Tauropolos riding a bull right, holding a veil billowing over her head; $55.00 (€42.35) |
| Salonina, Augusta 254 - c. September 268 A.D., Dium, Macedonia |  | Dium in Macedonia did not strike coins until it received a Roman colony. Coins were struck with Latin inscriptions abbreviating Colonia Julia Augusta Diensis Decreto Decurionm. |
| RP82846. Bronze AE 23, Varbanov 3569; BMC Macedonia p. 71, 7; SNG Cop -; SNG Hunterian -; Lindgren -, VF, rough, weight 6.812 g, maximum diameter 23.1 mm, Dium mint, obverse SALONI-NA AVG, bust right, within crescent, draped, wearing stephane; reverse COL IVL DIENSIS, Minerva (or Pallas Athena) standing left, patera in right, spear vertical in left, flanked by two snakes, D - D across fields; reverse slightly off-center; rare; $50.00 (€38.50) |
| Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Amphipolis, Macedonia |  | Artemis Tauropolos was an epithet for the goddess Artemis, variously interpreted as worshipped at Tauris, or pulled by a yoke of bulls, or hunting bull goddess. A statue of Artemis "Tauropolos" in her temple at Brauron in Attica was supposed to have been brought from the Taurians by Iphigenia. Tauropolia was a festival of Artemis in Athens. - Wikipedia |
| RP56118. Bronze AE 20, RPC I 1626, SNG ANS 160, F, green patina, weight 8.243 g, maximum diameter 21.1 mm, die axis 180o, Amphipolis mint, obverse KAISAROS SEBASTOU, bare head right; reverse AMFIPOLITWN, Artemis Tauropolos riding bull right, holding billowing veil with both hands; $50.00 (€38.50) |
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