Constantine I - Thessalonica

CONSTANTINE I MAGNVS (THE GREAT)

Reigned: 307-337 A.D.

Thessalonica

THESSALONICA (Salonika, Greece - 40°38'N, 22°58'E), founded by King Cassander of Macedonia in 316 BC when he consolidated about twenty-six small villages onto the site, is at the head of the Gulf of Therme with an anchorage protected by the Chalcidice peninsula. The Romans took Macedonia in 167 BC and made the city the provincial capital when Macedonia became a province in 146 BC. It had a local mint since 200 BC, and issued Greek imperial coins from Augustus to Gallienus. An Imperial mint opened in 298 or 299 and it was in nearly continuous operation until the reign of Leo I (457-474). (From MONETA, from www.numus.com)

	AE Follis (21mm) Struck 316-317 A.D. Thessalonica Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Laureate head right Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI Jupiter standing left, chalmys across left shoulder, leaning on a scepter. Victory on globe in right hand, eagle with wreath to left. in exergue RIC VII 19

	AE 3 (19mm) Struck 318 A.D. Thessalonica Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust right Rev: VICTORIA AVGG N N Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm in exergue RIC VII 59

	AE 3 (18mm) Struck 324 A.D. Thessalonica Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG Laureate head right Rev: D N CONSTANTINI MAV AVG wreath encircling VOT XX in two lines in exergue RIC VII 123

	AE 3 (19mm) Struck 326-328 A.D. Thessalonica Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG Laureate bust right Rev: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG Campgate with two turrets one star above. in rt field SMTSA in exergue RIC VII 153

	AE 3 (19mm) Struck 326-328 A.D. Thessalonica Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG Laureate bust right Rev: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG Campgate with two turrets one star above. in rt field in exergue RIC VII 153

	AE 3 (19mm) Struck 326-328 A.D. Thessalonica Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG Laureate bust right Rev: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG Campgate with two turrets one star above. in rt field SMTSB in exergue RIC VII 153

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