Coins of the Roman Provinces
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Caligula AE15, Tomis, Thrace.ΓAIOC KAICAP, laureate head right
TOM - HΓH - TOPI - ΔOY, winged caduceus
AMNG 2579 .
Located in modern day Romania on the coast of the Black Sea Tomis ( Constanţa), was founded by Greek traders around the 6th century BC.
It is the town celebrated by Ovid in his poems after his exile there in 8 AD by Augustus.
The town was later renmaed Constantiana after the half sister of Constantine the Great, Constantia. This is the modern name of the town.Will Hooton
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Caracalla AE26 Tetrassarion, Odessos, Thrace.AVT K M AVP CEOVH-POC AHTOHEIHOC, laureate head right,
ΟΔΗCCΕΙΤΩΝ, Great god of Odessos standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera over flaming altar and cornucopia.
AMNG Vol II, , No. 2284, Pg 565.
Varbanov I 4373
Odessos is the Greek name for this city known today as Varna, a port on the Black Sea coastline of Bulgaria. It was founded as a trading centre by Miletians as early as the 7th century BC.Will Hooton
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Commodus Triassarion, Marcianopolis. AΥ•KΛ AΥΠ KOMOΔOC, Bare headed and draped bust right
MAΡKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, The Three Graces standing, the left and right facing, the middle with back to view; the left holding wreath, the right holding kantharos.
AMNG I 540 Varbanov 705. Will Hooton
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Corinth AE, Unknown Imperator.CORINTHI, Bare headed bust right.
C MUSSIO PRISCO IIVIR C HEIO POLLIONE ITER, in a wreath of parsley.
The identity of the obverse bust remains a mystery. I submitted it for identifcation on the boards with both archivium and Curtis Clay responding. They also were unable to attribute the bust to either Augustus, Tiberius, Agrippa Postumus or Drusus!
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=55882.0
On Curtis's advice I contacted Dr. Michael Amandry, who completed a significant work on the subject of Romano-Corinthian coinage titled "LE MONNAYAGE DES DUOVIRS CORINTHIENS."
Dr. Amandry's reply stated that the die on my coin was similar to other dies of Augustus or Drusus, but was unable to differentiate further. The identity of the bust must therefore remain partly solved until I can collect further examples of this coin for comparison.Will Hooton
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Elagabalus AE26 Tetrassarion of Marcianopolis.AVT K M AVP H LI ANTWNEINOC, laureate head right,
VP IOVL ANT CELEVKOV MAPKIANOPOLITWN, Victory advancing left,
Issued under the Consular Legate Julius Antonius Seleucus, Governor of Moesia between AD218-222. A 5th century historian Polemius Silvius, mentions a usurper by the name of Seleucus during Elagabal's reign. Whether or not this usurper is our Legate or another Consul (AD 221) by the name of M. Flavius Vitellius Seleucus, is unknown. What is known is that Seleucus was succeeded by Sergius Titianus in AD 222, the year of Elagabal's murder.
AMNG Vol.I No.824, Pg.254
ex-Gitbud & Naumann Münzhandlung München Will Hooton
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Geta AE26 Tetrassarion, Odessos, Thrace.AY K PO CЄ-PT GETAC,
laureate, draped bust right
ΟΔΗCCΕΙΤΩΝ,
Great god of Odessos standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera over flaming altar and cornucopia.
Will Hooton
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Gordian III AE20 of Epiphaneia, CiliciaRadiate bust right, slight drapery
Two fish swimming in opposite directions.
Dated CY 306 (AD 238/9)
SNG Levante suppl. 427 Will Hooton
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Macrinus Assarion, Perge, Pamphylia.AV KAI M OΠEΛ CEV MAKPEINOC CEB, laureate and draped bust right
ΠEPΓ - AIΩN, winged Nike advancing left, holding wreath in extended right, palm fron in left hand
SNG PFPS 347 (same dies, additional CM on reverse), SNG von Aulock 4683 (same dies)
obv. on neck countermark: Eagle with spread wings (Howgego 168, no. 334)
The ruins of the city of Perge reside just under an hours drive from the seaside resort of Antalya on the south coast of Turkey. Strabo claims the city was founded by Greek colonists under the leadership of Mopsos and Calchas.
After the comings and going of the Persians, Alexanders Empire and the Seleucids, Perge passed over to Rome in 133BC.In 46 A.D., Perge became the setting of an event important to the Christian world. The New Testament book, the Acts of the Apostles, writes that St. Paul journeyed from Cyprus to Perge, from there continued on to Antiocheia in Pisidia. During the Constantinian era, the city became a centre of Christian worship, but waned in power after the Arab raids of the 7th centuries.Will Hooton
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Nero Assarion, Apamea, Phrygia.ΝΕΡΩΝ ΣEBAΣTOΣ, Bare head right,
EΠI M - OYETTIOY - NIΓPOY - KOINOC - ΦPYΓIAC - AΠAMEIC.
Marsyas standing right, playing double flute.
Issued under the Magistrate M. Vettius Nigrus.
RPC I 3137, SNG Copenhagen 208.Will Hooton
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Nero Tetradrachm of AlexandriaNEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEBΓEP, Radiate bust right,
AYTO KPA, Bust of Alexandria right, in elephant-skin headdress,
LIB (Year 12) in right field
Emmett 109.
Ex-FORVM.Will Hooton
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Nero,Assarion, Prymnessos, Phyrigia.ΝΕΡΩΝΑ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ - ΠΡΥΜΝΗΣΣΕΙΣ, laureate head right
ΕΠΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤΟΥ, scales.
Issued under Magistrate Claudius Mithridates.
RPC I 3210; Von Aulock, Phrygiens II 1057-9.
Will Hooton
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Severus Alexander and Julia Maesa Pentassarion , Markianopolis. AVT K M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANΔPOC KAI IOVΛIA MAICA, Confronted busts of Alexander and Maesa
VΠ TIB IOVΛ ΦHCTOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ, Hera standing with Palla, holding patera and scepter. E in field, N (of MakrianopolitoN) in exergue.
Issued under the Consular Legate Tiberius Julius Festus.
ex-Martin Griffiths, Photo M. Griffiths.
Moushmov 732, HrJ No. 6.33.3.1 corr., AMNG Vol 1 1051, Varbanov 1858.Will Hooton
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Severus Alexander Assarion, Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.AVT K M AVP CEV ALEXANDROC, laureate, draped bust right
UP TIB IOUA FHCTOU MARKIANOPOLITWN, eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak.
Pick 1021, SNG Cop 246.
Issued under Leagte Tiberius Julius Festus.
The city of Parthenopolis was renamed during the reign of Trajan and is named after the Emperors sister Ulpia Marciana. It flourished under the Severan dynasty, explaining the sheer amount of coinage from this city of that era. The town exists today as Devinya, Varna region, Bulgaria.
Will Hooton
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