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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Thessalonika| > SH68254
Macedonia, Under Roman Rule, Quaestor Aesillas, 95 - 70 B.C.
|Thessalonika|, |Macedonia,| |Under| |Roman| |Rule,| |Quaestor| |Aesillas,| |95| |-| |70| |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 name and symbols of the Roman quaestor.
SH68254. Silver tetradrachm, Bauslaugh group V (25C/124); AMNG III 223; SNG Cop 1330; BMC Macedonia p. 81 ff.; SNG Ashmolean 3305; SGCV I 1439, VF, uneven toning, Thessalonika (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 16.216g, maximum diameter 28.0mm, die axis 0o, 95 - 70 B.C.; obverse head of Alexander the Great right with horn of Ammon and flowing hair, Θ behind, MAKΕΔONΩN below; reverse AESILLAS above money-chest (cista), club, and Q over quaestor's chair (sella curulis), all within laurel wreath; ex Gorny & Mosch auction 216, lot 2347; SOLD










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