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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Thessalonika| > RP87299
Maximinus I Thrax, 20 March 235 - Late May 238 A.D., Thessalonica, Macedonia
|Thessalonika|, |Maximinus| |I| |Thrax,| |20| |March| |235| |-| |Late| |May| |238| |A.D.,| |Thessalonica,| |Macedonia|, Thessalonica was founded around 315 B.C. by Cassander, King of Macedonia, on or near the site of the ancient town of Therma. He named it after his wife Thessalonike, a daughter of Philip II and a half-sister of Alexander the Great. In 168 B.C. it became the capital of Macedonia Secunda and in 146 B.C. it was made the capital of the whole Roman province of Macedonia. Due to its port and location at the intersection of two major Roman roads, Thessalonica grew to become the most important city in Macedonia. Thessalonica was important in the spread of Christianity; the First Epistle to the Thessalonians written by Paul the Apostle is the first written book of the New Testament.
RP87299. Bronze AE 25, Touratsoglou 42 (V12/R34), Varbanov III 4504 var. (obv. leg.), SNG ANS -, SNG Hunterian -, SNG Cop -, BMC Macedonia -, VF, superb portrait, green patina, cleaning marks, Thessalonika (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 10.963g, maximum diameter 25.3mm, die axis 30o, 20 Mar 235 - late May 238 A.D.; obverse AVT K Γ IOVΛ OVHP MAΞIMINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse ΘECCAΛONIKEΩN, Nike alighting right, wreath in extended right right hand, palm frond over left shoulder in left hand; ex CNG auction 423 (27 Jun 2018), lot 310; ex Belgica Collection; SOLD










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