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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Hadrianopolis| > SH65237
Julia Domna, Augusta, 194 - 8 April 217 A.D., Hadrianopolis, Thrace
|Hadrianopolis|, |Julia| |Domna,| |Augusta,| |194| |-| |8| |April| |217| |A.D.,| |Hadrianopolis,| |Thrace|, Hadrian refounded a Thracian tribal capital, changed its name to Hadrianopolis, developed it, adorned it with monuments, and made it the capital of the Roman province. The city is Edirne, Turkey today. From ancient times, the area around Edirne has been the site of no fewer than 16 major battles or sieges. Military historian John Keegan identifies it as "the most contested spot on the globe" and attributes this to its geographical location. Licinius was defeated there by Constantine I in 323, and Valens was killed by the Goths during the Battle of Adrianople in 378.
SH65237. Bronze AE 25, Jurukova p. 157 & pl. XXII, 244 (V137/R244); Mionnet, Suppl. II, 658; BMC Thrace -, SNG Cop -, SNG Hunterian -, VF, green patina, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, weight 7.837g, maximum diameter 24.7mm, die axis 180o, obverse IOYΛIA ΔO CEBACTH, draped bust right, hair in horizontal ridges, looped plait below ear and on neck; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, galley left with four oarsmen and steersman in stern; very rare; SOLD




  







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