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| Issuer | Thessaloniki |
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| Year | 187 BC - 31 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of Artemis facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic style with flowing hair secured by a diadem. The portrait is modeled in moderate relief typical of provincial bronze coinage of Macedonia. The facial features, though worn, retain the characteristic idealized quality associated with representations of the goddess. The flan is irregular, a common trait of hammered bronze issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Bow and quiver depicted centrally within the field, the principal attributes of Artemis as goddess of the hunt, rendered in moderate relief. The civic legend ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ is arranged in two lines around the device, identifying the issuing city of Thessaloniki. The reverse type reflects the close association between the city's coinage and the cult of Artemis. The die work is characteristic of the Macedonian civic bronze series of the Hellenistic period, with wear and flan irregularity consistent with extended circulation. |
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Thessaloniki was founded around 315 BC by Cassander, who named it after his wife — Alexander the Great's half-sister — and rapidly developed it into the dominant commercial hub of Macedonia. By the time this bronze was struck, the city had survived Roman annexation of Macedonia in 168 BC and was functioning as a free city under Roman oversight, issuing its own civic coinage with considerable autonomy.