Catalogue information

LastDodo number
7246399
Area
Coins
Title
Thessalonica, Macedonia (Roman Empire, Octavian) AE25 33 BCE - 14 CE
Face value
Year
-25
Variety / overstrike
Type
Designer
Theme
Material
Weight
7
Diameter
25
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
TESSALONIKEWN
Reverse
KAISAR SEBASTOS
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
RPC 1557, Touratsoglou 144, 93
Details
Obv; legend in two lines within wreath Rev; laureate head 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.