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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Cilicia| > RP72148
Severus Alexander and Julia Maesa, 222 - 235 A.D., Ninica-Claudiopolis, Cilicia
|Cilicia|, |Severus| |Alexander| |and| |Julia| |Maesa,| |222| |-| |235| |A.D.,| |Ninica-Claudiopolis,| |Cilicia|, Ammianus mentions Silifke and Claudiopolis as cities of Cilicia, or of the country drained by the Calycadnus; and Claudiopolis was a colony of Claudius Caesar. It is described by Theophanes of Byzantium as situated in a plain between the two Taurus Mountains, a description which exactly, corresponds to the position of the basin of the Calycadnus. Claudiopolis may therefore be represented by Mut, which is higher up the valley than Seleucia, and near the junction of the northern and western branches of the Calycadnus. It is also the place to which the pass over the northern Taurus leads from Laranda. The city received the Roman colony name Colonia Iulia Felix Augusta Ninica.
RP72148. Bronze AE 36, cf. asiaminorcoins.com 6551 (same obv. die & c/m), SNG Levante Supp. 167, BMC Lycaonia -, SNG BnF -, SNG Cop -, c/m: Howgego 262 (34 pcs), F, Ninica-Claudiopolis (Mut, Mersin, Turkey) mint, weight 17.901g, maximum diameter 35.8mm, die axis 180o, 222 - 235 A.D.; obverse IMP C SEVERUS AL[EXNΔER NINI CΛAUΔI]OPOΛEΩ (or similar), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; countermarked three times with Nike right, in oval punch, c. 5 x 8 mm; reverse IVL MAECA COL IVL FEL NINIO CLAUΔIO (or similar), draped bust of Julia Maesa right; huge 35.8 mm!; extremely rare; SOLD










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