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| OBV | Laureate head of Janus | | REV | QESSALONIKES , two horsemen prancing, back to back, each holding branch | These coins are known as "provincial" coins because they were minted by one of the Roman Emperors within one of the Roman Provinces generally using Greek nomenclature
There were a huge number of these coins minted mostly in the second and third centuries
This coin was minted in the ancient city of Thessalonica, or what is now the second largest city in Greece, Salonica
Roman Republic AE As (20-21 mm, 5.94 gm)
Thessalonica, Macedonia mintage, Moushmov 6634, after 88 BC
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