Thessalonica, Macedonia (Roman Empire, Mark Antony & Octavian) AE31 43-34 BCE 

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Thessalonica, Macedonia (Roman Empire, Mark Antony & Octavian) AE31 43-34 BCE
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
7227649
Area
Coins
Title
Thessalonica, Macedonia (Roman Empire, Mark Antony & Octavian) AE31 43-34 BCE
Country
Macedonia (ancient), Roman Empire
Face value
AE 31
Year
-40
Variety / overstrike
Era
Ancient Greece - Illyria as Roman Protectorate (167-35 B.C.)
Head of State
Augustus of the Roman Empire (27 BC-14 AD)
Type
Coin
Designer
Series
Thessalonica
Theme
Material
Bronze
Weight
20
Diameter
31
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Round
Obverse
M ANT AYT G KAI
Reverse
QESSALONIKEWN ELEUQEPIAS
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
RPC 1551; SNG Copenhagen 374
Details
Obv; Nike walking left, carrying wreath and palm Rev; diademed head of Agonothesia right The Roman province of Macedonia (Latin: Provincia Macedoniae) was officially established in 146 BC, after the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus defeated Andriscus of Macedon, the last self-styled King of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia in 148 BC, and after the four client republics (the "tetrarchy") established by Rome in the region were dissolved. The province incorporated ancient Macedonia, with the addition of Epirus, Thessaly, and parts of Illyria, Paeonia and Thrace. This created a much larger administrative area, to which the name of 'Macedonia' was still applied. The Dardanians, to the north of the Paeonians, were not included, because they had supported the Romans in their conquest of Macedonia.