Hello
A new issuer is needed for Roman provincial coins; the details are below.
Thank you in advance
- the name of the issuer in English (and if possible also in French and Spanish)
En: Amphipolis, City of
Fr: Amphipolis, Ville d'
Es: Anfípolis, Ciudad de
It should be under Roman Provinces > Macedonia, Province of > Amphipolis, City of
a.k.a. Amfipolis, Amphypolis
- its Wikidata code (for example, Q854 for Sri Lanka)
Q217414
- the link of one or more Numista records that you want to classify under this issuer
- if necessary, the list of other issuers to be linked by “see also” links
Amphipolis in Ancient Greece
- if possible, a brief introduction presenting the history of this issuer with any numismatic considerations useful to the reader
Amphipolis was an important ancient Greek polis, and later a Roman city, whose large remains can still be seen in modern-day Serres, Macedonia, Greece. Amphipolis was originally a colony of ancient Athenians, founded near the Pangaion gold mines on a pre-existing prehistoric settlement in 438 BC. After the final victory of Rome over Macedonia in the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC, Amphipolis became the capital of Macedonia Prima, one of the four Roman merides (republics) that replaced the Antigonid Kingdom. These merides were gradually incorporated into the Roman client state of Thracia and eventually became imperial provinces. The first Roman bronze coins were minted in Amphipolis by Augustus around the time of the Battle of Actium (31 BC). Bronze coinage continued until the reign of Emperor Gallienus (AD 253–268)
