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Thessalonika, Macedonia, c. 54 - 68 A.D.
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.RP92039. Bronze AE 15, Unpublished, cf. Touratsoglou G.I/F, RPC Online IV T3478, SNG Hunterian 684, SNG Evelpidis 1314, AMNG III taf. XXIII, 221 (all horse left), VF, green patina, scratches, flaw on obverse edge 8:00, and on side of horse, Thessalonika (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 1.875g, maximum diameter 15.4mm, die axis 180o, reign of Commodus(?), c. 54 - 68 A.D.; obverse horse trotting right, palm frond over star with six points above, reversed D below horse's belly; reverse ΘEC/CAΛO/NIKE/ΩN in four lines within laurel wreath; ex Nemesis Ancients & Antiquities; the horse is normally trotting left, this type with the horse right and reversed D below is unpublished in the many references examined by FORVM, this is the only example of this type known to FORVM; extremely rare; SOLD
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