100 BCE - 75 BCE | ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ
Overstriking coin
Thessalonica over Thessalonica, Veria.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Thessalonica_Dionysus-Goat.jpg
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Janus, wearing laurel wreath. Above, I (value mark).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek) Two centaurs rearing, facing away from one another, holding branches.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Thessalonica
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Roman Republic
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: As
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StandardStandard.: Semuncial
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Kourempanas 2015, p. 395-397, n° 3
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 120-121, n° 19, SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I2SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 350, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 741, Kourempanas 20164Kourempanas 2016, n° 17
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek) Goat standing right.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Thessalonica
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
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