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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Thessalonika| > RP92038
Thessalonika, Macedonia, c. 96 - 117 A.D.
|Thessalonika|, |Thessalonika,| |Macedonia,| |c.| |96| |-| |117| |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.
RP92038. Bronze AE 15, RPC Online III 625 (1 spec.), Touratsoglou G.I/D (horse left), AMNG III taf. XXIII, 2222 (same), SNG Hunt -, BMC Macedonia -, Lindgren -, et al., gVF, choice obverse, reverse crowded and die wear, Thessalonika (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 3.349g, maximum diameter 15.0mm, die axis 180o, reign of Nerva or Trajan(?), c. 96 - 117 A.D.; obverse horse trotting right, right foreleg raised, star with six points above, palm frond (held in mouth?) on far side over star; reverse ΘE/CAΛO/NIKE/WN in four lines within laurel wreath; closed at the top with an eagle left, head right, wings closed; ex Sphinx Numismatics; extremely rare, the horse is normally trotting left, only one other specimen known to RPC Online and to FORVM (The Hague 2487 ) and RPC does not have a photo; SOLD










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