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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Thessalonika| > RP86188
Octavian/Augustus and Julius Caesar, Thessalonica, Macedonia, c. 28 - 27 B.C.
|Thessalonika|, |Octavian/Augustus| |and| |Julius| |Caesar,| |Thessalonica,| |Macedonia,| |c.| |28| |-| |27| |B.C.|, Gaebler (AMNG, p. 125) believed the Δ stands for 4 asses. Touratsoglou (p. 25) interprets it to indicate year four an era of beginning with the Battle of Actium, which would date the issue to 28 - 27 B.C.
RP86188. Leaded bronze AE 23, Touratsoglou - (V2/R4, unlisted die combination), RPC I 1554, Sear Imperators 675, SNG Cop 395, SNG ANS 824, Varbanov 5153, BMC Macedonia p. 115, 58, VF, nice green patina, cleaning marks, areas of light corrosion, small edge cracks, off center, Thessalonika (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 10.787g, maximum diameter 22.5mm, die axis 0o, Emission I, 28 - 27 B.C.; obverse ΘEOΣ, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right; reverse ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN, bare head of Augustus right, Δ (year 4 of Actium era) below; SOLD










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