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Ancient Coinage of Macedonia, Thessalonica

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AE14_AMNG_27vThessalonica, Macedonia, AE14. ca 48 BC. Veiled head right / Foundation scene, priest plowing right with two oxen. RPC I pg. 297. TextObvRev
Moushmov 6591Thessalonica in Macedon, AE20. Flavian Period. QECCALLONEIKH, draped & turreted bust of city goddess right / KABEIPOC, Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton and hammer. SNGCop 386, RPC 330. TextImage
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Moushmov 6594Macedon, Thessalonica AE19. Diademed head of Zeus right / QESSA-LONIKEWN, bull leaping right. TextImage
Moushmov 6595Thessalonica, Macedonia, AE19. Head of Zeus right / QESSALONIKEWN, two goats butting heads. SNG Cop 350. TextImage
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Moushmov 6600Thessalonica AE 17mm. Diademed head of Artemis right / QESSALO-NIKAEON, quiver, monograms to left. SNGCop 358. TextImage
Moushmov 6605Thessalonica, Macedonia, AE19. 187-31 BC. Head of Athena right / QESSALONIKH, horse grazing right. TextImage
Moushmov 6607Macedona, Thessalonica, AE As. After 88 BC. Laureate head of Janus; I above / Two Centaurs prancing, back to back, each holding branch, QESSALONIKEWN below. BMC 34. TextImage
Moushmov 6609Macedon, Thessalonica AE24. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / QESSALONIKHS, grapes, GA monogram, all in wreath. TextImage
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Moushmov 6610Thessalonica, Macedonia, AE18. Head of Dionysos right wreathed with ivy / QESSALONIK, goat standing right. SNGCop 365. TextObvRev
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Moushmov 6614Macedonia, Thessalonica, AE16. Time of Nero to Vespasian. Horse prancing left, star above / QES-SALO-NIKE-WN, four lines within wreath. Lindgren 78, RPC 324. TextImage
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Moushmov 6616Thessalonica AE18. QECCALONIKH, veiled head (of Demeter?) right / QEC-CALO-NIKE-WN, four lines in laurel wreath. SNGANS 816-7. TextImage
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Moushmov 6628Thessalonica, Macedonia, AE19. Laureate head of Zeus right / QESSALONIKEWN, prow of ship. TextImage
Moushmov 6628Thessalonica, Macedonia, AE23. Laureate head of Zeus right / QESSALONIKEWN, prow of ship. TextImage
Moushmov 6633Macedonia, Thessalonica AE28. After 88 BC. Laureate head of Janus; I above / QESSALONIKES, two Centaurs prancing, back to back, each holding a thyrsos. BMC 34, SNGCop 370. TextImage
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Moushmov 6634Macedonia, Thessalonica AE As. After 88 BC. Laureate head of Janus / QESSALONIKES, two horsemen prancing, back to back, each holding branch. TextImage
Moushmov 6645Thessalonica, Macedonia, AE18. After 158BC. Diademed head of Artemis right / Inscription either side of bow and quiver. TextImage
Moushmov 6652Thessalonica, Macedonia, AE15. Time of Domitian(?) Nike advancing right with wreath / QEC CALO NIKE WN, four lines in wreath, eagle above. SNGCop 382, RPC 326cf. TextImage
Sear #1463Macedon, Under the Romans, AR Tetradrachm, Thessalonika. 90-75 BC. MAKEDONWN, Head of Alexander the Great right, with horn of Ammon & long flowing locks, Ø behind / AESILLAS Q Club, between money chest & quaestor's chair, all within olive-wreath.
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Sear #1466Macedonia, Thessalonica, AE22. 158-149BC. Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy / QESSALO NIKHS, goat standing right, monogram above.
( 2 entries)
Sear #1469Macedonia, Thessalonika, As, After 88 BC. Head of Janus, denomination mark I above / Two centaurs prancing, back to back.
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Augustus
- RPC 1555

Divus Julius Caesar and Augustus Æ20 of Thessalonika, Macedon, QEOC, laureate head of Julius Caesar right / QECCALONIKEWN, bare head of Augustus right. Moushmov 6659, BMC 58, SGI 151.TextImage
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- RPC 1559

Augustus Æ17 of Thessalonica. KAISAR SEBASTOS, laureate head right / QESSALONIKEWN, three lines within a laurel wreath, star above inscription. Moushmov 6673, BMC 72.TextImage
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- RPC 1565

Augustus & Tiberius, as Caesar, Æ 22mm of Thessalonica. 4-14 AD. QESSALONIKEWN, laureate head of Augustus right / TIBERIOS KAISAR, bare head of Tiberius right. Moushmov 6683, SNGCop 400, BMC 74, SGI 176.TextImage
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- RPC 5409

Augustus AE28 of Thessalonica (?). Bare head right / Fiscus, sella quaestoria and hastas, Q below. Syd 1362 [of Julius Caesar].TextImage
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- RPC 5421

Macedon, Thessalonica. Augustus and Divus Julius Caesar. Circa 38 BC. Æ 18mm (4.27 gm). EBACTOC, bare head of Augustus right / QEOC, bare head of Julius Caesar right.TextImage
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Tiberius
- RPC 1567

Tiberius & Livia Æ22 of Thessalonika, Macedonia. Struck circa 22/3 AD and later. TI KAISAR SEBASTOS, bare head of Tiberius right / QESSALONIKEWN SEBASTOY, draped bust of Livia right.TextImage
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- Moushmov 6693

Tiberius & Drusus, Æ20 of Thessalonika, EBA…TW TIBERIOC, laureate head right / …EBA…TW DROVCOC, Bare head right.TextObvRev

- SGI 316

Tiberius AE 20 of Thessalonica. Tiberius / Veiled head of Livia. BMC.5.117,75.TextImage

- Moushmov 6688

Tiberius AE22 of Thessalonica. Laureate, draped bust right / QESSALONIKEWN within wreath.TextImage

Caligula
- RPC 1572

Caligula & Germanicus Æ 21 mm of Macedon, Thessalonika. 37-41 AD. Laureate head of Gaius Caligula left / QESSALONIKEWN GERMANIKOS, bare head of Germanicus left. Touratsoglou 1-2.TextImage

Claudius
- RPC 1588

Thessalonica. Claudius & Britannicus. 41-54 AD. Æ 23mm. Bare head left of Claudius / Bare-headed & draped bust left of Britannicus, legend; all within wreath.TextImage
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Antonia
- RPC 1582

Antonia Æ 17mm of Thessalonika, Macedonia. Draped bust right, hair tied in queue down neck / Nike on globe left, holding wreath and palm. SNG ANS 840.TextImage

Nero
- RPC 1603

Nero AE23 of Thessalonica. NERWN SEBASTOS KAISAR, bare head left / QESSA-LONIKE-WN in three lines, surrounded by oak wreath, eagle with wings spread above. Moushmov Online 6707b.TextObvRev

- RPC 1614

Nero Æ24 of Macedonia, Koinon. Thessalonica mint. c 55 AD. NERWN KAISAR, young bare head left / SEBASTOS MAKEDONWN around Macedonian shield. Moushmov 5875.TextImage
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- Moushmov 6709

Nero AE23 of Thessalonica. Laureate head right / QESSALONIKHS, Nike standing left holding wreath and palm.TextImage

Julia Domna
- Moushmov 6747

Julia Domna AE24 of Thessalonica. IOVLIA DOMNA CE, draped bust right / QECCALONIKEWN, distyle temple with figure of Hephaestus within, holding tongs and hammer.TextImage

Caracalla
- Moushmov 6750

Caracalla Æ23 of Thessalonika, Macedon. L K M AV ANTWNIN OC, Laureate head right / KOINON QEC CALWN, Victory in triga right.TextObvRev

Plautilla
- AE25_Varbanov_3062

Plautilla AE25 of Thessalonica. PLAUTILLA AUGOUCTA, draped bust right / QECCALONIKEWN, Nike advancing left with wreath and palm.TextImage

Elagabalus
- Moushmov 6769

Elagabalus AE 24 of Thessalonica, Macedonia. AV K M ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / QECCALONIKEWN, Nike advancing left, holding small Cabeirus & palm branch. TextObvRev

- Moushmov 6769

Elagabalus AE22 of Thessalonica. SNG ANS-864. Rx: Nike advancing left, holding small Cabeirus.TextObvRev

Julia Paula
- Moushmov 6774

Julia Paula Æ25 of Thessalonika, Macedonia. IOVLIA PAVLA AVT, draped bust right / QECCALO NIKEWN, Victory advancing left with wreath & palm. SGI 3130.TextObvRev

Severus Alexander
- Moushmov 6783

Severus Alexander AE24 of Thessalonica. SNG ANS-873. Rx: Nike advancing left, holding small Cabeirus. TextObvRev

Maximinus I
- Moushmov 6788

Maximinus I AE24 of Thessalonica. SNG ANS-876. Cabeirus stg. l., holding rhyton & hammer; before, altar; behind, elephant tusk on anvil.TextObvRev

- AE25_Varbanov_3098

Maximinus I AE25 of Thessalonica. AV K G IOV OVH MAXIMEINOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / QECCALONIKEWN, city-goddess standing left holding Kabeiros, Nike standing behind her.TextImage

- Moushmov 6786

Maximinus Thrax AE27 of Thessalonica. AV K G IOV OVH MAZIMEINOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / QECCALONIKEWN, Nike advancing left carrying Kabieros & palm. Touratsoglou 8.TextImage

Tranquillina
- Moushmov 6831

Tranquillina AE23 of Thessalonica. CABINIA TPANKVLLINA ATO, draped bust right / QECCALONIKEWN NEWKOPWN PVQIA, Apollo standing left, leaning on lyre set on column; at foot, prize crown and 5 apples. MTRK 211.TextImage

Philip I
- Moushmov 6834v

Philip I AE28 of Thessalonica. AY K M IOVLIOC FILIPPOC, laureate, draped bust right right. / QECCALONIKEWN, Apollo Pythios standing left holding Kabieros, left hand resting on column with coiling serpent around it, tripod to left with 5 golden globes or apples on it. TextImage

Otacilia Severa
- Moushmov 6851

Otacilia Severa AE25 of Thessalonica. OTAKIOLIA CEVHPA A, draped & diademed bust right / QECCALONIKEWN NE, Apollo standing left, nude, beside a snake entwinded column, on which he rests his left elbow, holding laurel branch & bow, tripod to left surmounted by prize-crown bearing five apples. Touratsoglou 52.TextImage

- Moushmov 6853

Otacilia Severa Æ 25mm of Thessalonica in Macedonia. MAP OTAKIL CEBHPA AVG, diademed draped bust right / QECCALONIKEWN NEWKORWN, Nike advancing left, Kabeiros & palm. SGI 3986, BMC 138.TextImage

- AE28_urn

Otacilia Severa AE28 of Thessalonica. OTAKILIA CEBHPA AY, draped bust right / QECCALONIKEWN, prize urn with one palm branch emerging. NISC. TextImage

Philip II
- Moushmov 6856

Philip II as Augustus, Æ25 of Thessalonika, Macedon. MAP IOVLIOC FILIPPOC AV, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right /QECCALONIKEWN, distyle shrine containing statue of Apollo Pythios holding Kabieros & branch, tripod at feet to left. AMNG 66v.TextObvRev

Crispus
- s3917v

Crispus AE3. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate bust of Crispus right / VOTIS V CAESARVM NOSTRORVM. Mint TA.TextObvRev
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See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Thessalonica
Search for Macedonia, Thessalonica at CoinArchives.com
Moushmov Online entry for Thessalonika
Entry for Macedonia, Thessalonica on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Thessalonica in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Thessalonica at AncientImports.com
Search for Thessalonica at Incitatus Coins

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