Macedonia, Thessalonica AE (Claudius/Divus Augustus, RPC I 1580)

MACEDONIA, THESSALONICA
Time of Claudius
AE (22.12mm, 7.73g, 6h)
Struck AD 41-54
Obverse: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head of Claudius right
Reverse: ΘΕΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ, laureate or radiate head of Divus Augustus right
References: RPC Online, Vol. I, No. 1580 (5^th specimen this coin)

A rare type, lightly toned with brassy highlights. An issue of the Roman provincial mint in Thessalonica, struck around the time of the Apostle Paul's visit to that city as recorded in Acts 17.

Colección : Roman Provincial