David Atherton Posted January 18, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 18, 2023 Another coin in my 'Off the Beaten Path' series, this time a neat Macedonian bronze. Vespasian Æ23, 8.00g Thessalonica (Macedonia) mint, undated Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣ; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l. Rev: ΘΕΣΣΑ/ΛΟΝΙΚΕ/ΩΝ in three lines within oak wreath; above inscription, eagle standing, l., head r. RPC 320 (6 spec.). Acquired from Ephesus Numismatics, January 2023. During the Flavian era Thessalonica produced a smattering of coins under Vespasian and then again under Domitian. This 1 assarion piece struck for Vespasian is quite scarce with only 6 specimens recorded in the core collections cited by RPC. In hand. Please share your Macedonian coins. As always, thanks for looking! 12 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted January 18, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, David Atherton said: Another coin in my 'Off the Beaten Path' series, this time a neat Macedonian bronze. Vespasian Æ23, 8.00g Thessalonica (Macedonia) mint, undated Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣ; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l. Rev: ΘΕΣΣΑ/ΛΟΝΙΚΕ/ΩΝ in three lines within oak wreath; above inscription, eagle standing, l., head r. RPC 320 (6 spec.). Acquired from Ephesus Numismatics, January 2023. During the Flavian era Thessalonica produced a smattering of coins under Vespasian and then again under Domitian. This 1 assarion piece struck for Vespasian is quite scarce with only 6 specimens recorded in the core collections cited by RPC. In hand. Please share your Macedonian coins. As always, thanks for looking! The video looks so much better than the photo ☺️! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Atherton Posted January 18, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 4 hours ago, Al Kowsky said: The video looks so much better than the photo ☺️! Agreed. I think video shows off many aspects of a coin better than a static photo. Going forward I'll probably post one for each coin I share here ... an experiment if you will. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted January 18, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 18, 2023 Very nice! We're travelling to Greece this year and I tried to convince my wife to include a side trip to Thessalonika, but when she realized it was near Pella and my real reason was to see its ruins and the Philip II museum, she nixed the idea. 🙂 As you know, the city itself was named for Kassander's wife and Philip II's daughter. Unfortunately, as I understand the city didn't begin minting coins until the 2nd century BCE, and no coin I'm aware of has her image, so their coinage didn't meet the bar for my collection. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizonarobin Posted January 19, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2023 A very nice coin from Thessalonica, I like the details that you can see with the video! I have a weakness for Macedonian Coins, especially from Stobi. Here is one of my favorite JD Provincials from Thessalonica: Julia Domna Bronze AE 25; 6.050g, 19.8mm, 225o, IOVLIA DOMNA draped bust right QECCALONIKEWN Ares advancing right in military garb, spear in right, shield in left Thessalonica mint, c. 196 - 211 A.D.; (unpublished) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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