Catalogue information

LastDodo number
7246401
Area
Coins
Title
Thessalonica, Macedonia (Roman Empire, Gordian III) AE27 238-244 CE
Face value
Year
240
Variety / overstrike
Type
Designer
Theme
Material
Weight
7
Diameter
27
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
TECCALONIKEWN KABEIRIA PU-QIA
Reverse
AY K M ANTW GORDIANOC
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Moushmov 6819; AMNG -; cf. SNG Copenhagen 433; BMC -; Mionnet
Details
Obv; tripod supporting prize urn, with palm inside; PU-QIA in field, TECCALONIKEWN KABEIRIA Rev; laureate head right AY K M ANTW GORDIANOC, 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.