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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Thessalonika| > RP72304
Octavian Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Thessalonica, Macedonia
|Thessalonika|, |Octavian| |Augustus,| |16| |January| |27| |B.C.| |-| |19| |August| |14| |A.D.,| |Thessalonica,| |Macedonia|, Thessalonika was founded around 315 B.C. by Cassander of Macedon, on or near the site of the ancient town of Therma. He named it after his wife Thessalonike, a daughter of Philip II and half-sister of Alexander the Great. 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.
RP72304. Brass AE 21, Touratsoglou 18 (V3/R17), RPC I 1554, Varbanov III 5153, SGICV 151; countermark: Howgego 297 (Augustus), Touratsoglou -, RPC I -, aVF, obverse obscured by large countermark, marks and bumps, Thessalonika (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 9.633g, maximum diameter 20.7mm, die axis 0o, 28 - 27 B.C.; obverse ΘEOΣ, crowned head of Julius Caesar right; countermark: capricorn(?) in a large round punch; reverse ΘEΣΣA-ΛONIKEΩN, bare head of Octavian Augustus right, Δ below; SOLD










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