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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Greek Coins| ▸ |Geographic - All Periods| ▸ |Thrace & Moesia| ▸ |Hadrianopolis||View Options:   | | | 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. |
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, weight 7.837 g, maximum diameter 24.7 mm, die axis 180o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, obverse IOYΛIANT ΔO CΕBANTCTH, draped bust right, hair in horizontal ridges, looped plait below ear and on neck; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛΕITΩN, galley left with four oarsmen and steersman in stern; very rare; SOLD
Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Hadrianopolis, Thrace
RP33641. Bronze AE 26, Varbanov II 3408 var. (shorter ethnic), aVF, weight 8.411 g, maximum diameter 26.3 mm, die axis 225o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, obverse AV Λ CEΠT CEVHPOC Π or similar, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse HΓΕ T CTA BAPBAPOY AΔPIANOΠOΛ, distyle temple of Artemis, pyramidal roof, roof-line of three rows of decorated stone, Artemis advancing right within, bow in left hand, drawing arrow from quiver with right hand, hound leaping behind; attractive green patina, some cleaning scratches; SOLD
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D., Hadrianopolis, Thrace
The MFA Boston coin, accession number 62.428 has the same reverse type but was struck with a different reverse die and an obverse with a much older, bearded, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. We did not find any other Caracalla type from Hadrianopolis with this heroic bust obverse.RP68427. Bronze AE 28, apparently unpublished; cf. MFA Boston 62.428 (leg, bust), Jurukova -, Varbanov -, Moushmov -, SNG Cop -, SNG Milan -, BMC Thrace -, Lindgren -, VF, centered, weight 13.324 g, maximum diameter 28.3 mm, die axis 45o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, obverse AYT K M ANTYPH ANTΩNINOX, laureate, heroic bust right, aegis on left shoulder; reverse AΔPIAN-OΠOΛIT,ΩN, Hades-Serapis seated left on throne without back, kalathos on head, reaching with his right to Cerberus (his three-headed hellhound) at his feet, long scepter vertical behind in left; extremely rare, possibly unique ; SOLD
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