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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3315255, member: 91461&quot;]Another Excellent write up! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I had always wondered why the wreath looked a little over sized. Now I know<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here he is wearing the wreath post mortem:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878410[/ATTACH] </p><p>Augustus with Divus</p><p>Julius Caesar</p><p>(27 BC-14 AD) MACEDON.</p><p>Thessalonica. Obv: ΘEOΣ.</p><p>Wreathed head of Julius</p><p>Caesar right; uncertain c/m</p><p>on neck.</p><p>Rev: ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN.</p><p>Bare head of Augustus right;</p><p>Δ below. RPC I 1554.</p><p>Fine. 12.3 g.21 mm.</p><p>Former: Numismatik Naumann</p><p>The D has been interpreted as either a denomination</p><p>mark (four assaria) or, more likely, a date - year four</p><p>of the Actian era (28/7 BC). The ligate NK monogram</p><p>has been generally accepted as a reference to Nero</p><p>(Nerwn Kaisar). This is problematic considering that</p><p>Thessalonica had abundant coinages issued under</p><p>Claudius and Nero, such that countermarking these</p><p>quite older coins would be unlikely. Touratsoglou (p.</p><p>105) follows Kraay&#039;s suggestion that the NK is an</p><p>abbreviation for Nike (NiKh), and was applied to the</p><p>coins during celebrations of the city&#039;s 50th</p><p>anniversary of its grant of liberty by the Romans[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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