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Roman Provincial Coins from Dacia and Moesia

Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Marcianapolis, Moesia Inferior

Renamed by Trajan after his sister, Ulpia Marciana, Marcianopolis was an important strategic center for centuries. The city was repeatedly destroyed by barbarian raids (Goths, Huns, Avars and others) but also was repeatedly rebuilt and prospered. During Valens' conflict with the Goths, Marcianopolis was a temporary capital of the empire and the largest city in Thrace. An Avar raid destroyed the city in 614 or 615.RP72568. Bronze AE 28, H-J Marcianopolis 6.14.36.18 (R2); AMNG I/I 580; Varbanov I, p. 118, 816 (R3); BMC Thrace p. 28, 5; Moushmov 385, F, tight flan, porous, weight 12.144 g, maximum diameter 28.5 mm, die axis 225^o, Markianopolis (Devnya, Bulgaria) mint, magistrate Flavius Ulpianus, 210 - 211 A.D.; obverse AV K Λ CEΠ CEVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse V ΦΛ O ΛΠIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITOΛI, Homonoia (Fortuna) standing facing, head left, kalathos on head, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; $36.00 (�32.04)

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Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Viminacium, Moesia Superior

Viminacium was a Roman Colony founded by Gordian III in 239 A.D. The usual legend is P.M.S. COL. VIM., abbreviating Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium. The usual type is a female personification of Moesia standing between a lion and a bull. The bull and the lion were symbols of the Legions VII and IV, which were quartered in the province.RP71499. Bronze AE 28, H-J Viminacium 32 (R2); Varbanov I 138 (R3); AMNG I/I 105; BMC Thrace p. 17, 25, aF, well centered, rough, encrusted, weight 15.422 g, maximum diameter 28.2 mm, die axis 45^o, Viminacium (Stari Kostolac, Serbia) mint, 247 - 248 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands over bull on left standing right and lion on right standing left, AN VIIII (year 9 of the Viminacium colonial era) in exergue; $30.00 (�26.70)

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