v49_0149 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN PROVINCE - THESSALONIKI Unité, (PB, Æ 20)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Unité, (PB, Æ 20)
Date: c. 168-60 AC.
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Thessalonique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais irrégulier et échancré, bien centré des deux côtés, un peu court sur la légende. Beau petit portrait de Zeus ramassé et bien bien venu à la frappe. Usure plus prononcée au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Josiane Vedrines (1995)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue et laurée de Zeus (Jupiter) à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Deux chèvres debout face à face, affrontées.
Reverse legend : QESS-AL-O//NIKHS
Reverse translation : (de Thessalonique.
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN PROVINCE - THESSALONIKI
(168-49 BC)
After the capture of Perseus at Pydna in 168 BC by Paul-Émile, Greece was separated into four republics. Thessaloniki received its name in honor of Cassandra's wife in 315 BC. The city was the capital of the second republic. After Andriscus' revolt, Macedonia was heavily taxed and treated as a conquered province. Under the Empire, it became a senatorial province.
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