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| Issuer | Thessaloniki |
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| Year | 187 BC - 31 BC |
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| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ |
| Edge | Plain, irregular |
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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 it grew rapidly into the dominant city of Macedonia. This bronze issue falls within the long autonomous period the city enjoyed after Rome dismantled the Macedonian kingdom in 168 BC, when Thessaloniki became capital of one of the four administrative districts Rome imposed on the region. The city retained the right to strike its own bronze coinage through this arrangement, an unusual concession that reflects its administrative importance to Roman Macedonia.