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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. |
Asclepius, the son of Apollo and Koronis, learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one snake bringing another snake healing herbs. Hygieia, the goddess of health, was his daughter with Minerva. Woman seeking fertility, the sick, and the injured slept in Asclepius' temples in chambers where non-poisonous snakes were left to crawl on the floor and provide healing.RP41398. Bronze AE 28, BMC Thrace p. 116, 3, aVF, weight 13.457 g, maximum diameter 27.6 mm, die axis 225o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, obverse AYTKAITANTIAΔPI ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse HΓAΠOYOΠEICKOYAΔPIANOΠOΛEIT, Asklepios standing facing, looking left, staff which serpent twines in left, Hygieia standing right, patera in right hand, feeding serpent; SOLD
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Nemesis, the balancer of life, is the goddess of revenge, the avenger of crimes and punisher of wicked doers. She distributes fortune, good or bad, in due proportion to each according to what is deserved. She holds a lorum, a long scarf worn by Roman magistrates, to symbolize her authority as judge, and a cubit rule to measure each man's just deserts. The wheel of fate rests against her side.RP37474. Bronze AE 27, Varbanov II 3825 - 7 var. (obv. legend), gVF, choice portrait, weight 12.317 g, maximum diameter 28.0 mm, die axis 45o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Nemesis standing left, cubit rule in right hand, scepter in left hand, wheel at feet left; scarce; 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 AYPH 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
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Apollo's most important attribute is the tripod lebes, a cauldron in a three-legged stand used for religious rituals. The tripod lebes is symbolic of his prophetic powers. At his temple at Delphi, his priestess sat on his tripod chewing laurel leaves and inhaling hallucinating vapors from a fissure in the floor. After she mumbled her prophesy, a male priest would translate it for the supplicant.RP28144. Bronze AE 31, Varbanov 3711, nice VF, weight 15.593 g, maximum diameter 31.3 mm, die axis 180o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Apollo standing left, nude, branch in right hand, resting left on snake-entwined tripod; scarce; SOLD
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Wandering the world in a panther-drawn chariot, Dionysus rode ahead of the maenads and satyrs, who sang loudly and danced, flushed with wine. They were profusely garlanded with ivy and held the thyrsus, a staff topped with a pine-cone, a symbol of the immortality of his believers. Everywhere he went he taught men how to cultivate vines, and the mysteries of his cult. Whoever stood in his way and refused to revere him was punished with madness.RP29651. Bronze AE 26, Varbanov II 4004, gF, weight 10.554 g, maximum diameter 25.9 mm, die axis 0o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Dionysos, thyrsos in right, reclining left on back of panther walking right; SOLD
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 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.RP99994. Bronze AE 27, Jurukova Hadrianopolis 369/2 (V186/R358); Varbanov II 3512 (same dies) (R6); cf. Moushmov 2634 (l.d.c.); SNG Hunterian -; BMC Thrace -, VF, near centered, green patina, earthen deposits, bumps, scratches, central depressions, weight 12.891 g, maximum diameter 27.3 mm, die axis 0o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, c. 210 - 8 Apr 217 A.D.; obverse AVT K M AYP CEVH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Caracalla on horse rearing right, preparing to hurl spear at fallen enemy to lower right, soldier behind horse standing right; SOLD
Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Hadrianopolis, Thrace
The river connected to Hadrianopolis is Hebros (Hebrus), today the Maritsa (or Evros), the longest river of the Balkans.RP89884. Bronze diassarion, RPC IV online T10457 (10 spec.); Jurukova 133, pl. 14; Varbanov II 3291 (R4); Lischine 418; BMC Thrace -; SNG Cop -, Nice gF, toned brass surfaces, light marks, central depressions, weight 9.249 g, maximum diameter 23.53 mm, die axis 15o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, as caesar, 166 - 177 A.D.; obverse AY KAI Λ AY KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, light beard; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛEI-TΩN, river-god Hebros reclining left, holding reed in his right hand, left elbow resting on vase from which water flows, reed growing in background behind legs; very rare; SOLD
Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D., Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Edirne, historically known as Adrianople, Hadrianopolis in Latin, was founded by the Roman emperor Hadrian on the site of a previous Thracian settlement named UskudamaRP89764. Bronze AE 26, RPC Online IV-1 T10606 (4 spec.), Jurukova Hadrianopolis 50, Varbanov II 3203 (R4), Moushmov 2516, gF, scratches, weight 9.378 g, maximum diameter 26.3 mm, die axis 180o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, 161 - 180 A.D.; obverse ΦAVCTEINA CEBACTH, bare-headed and draped bust right; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, river-god reclining left, cornucopia and reed in right hand, left arm resting on urn from which water flows; ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 36 (27 May 2017), lot 212; only one sale recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades - and it was this coin; very rare; SOLD
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 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.RP92734. Bronze AE 25, Varbanov II 3783 (R5), Jurukova Hadrianopolis 581, Lindgren 787, Mionnet Suppl. II 801, CN Online -, BMC Thrace -, SNG Cop -, VF, centered on a tight flan, attractive style, bumps and scratches, central depressions with light spiral marks, weight 9.263 g, maximum diameter 24.8 mm, die axis 45o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, 29 Jul 238 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse AΔPIANOΠO,ΛEITΩN (last six letters in exergue), Emperor on horseback galloping right, spear overhead in right hand, reins in left hand; scarce; SOLD
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 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.RP96971. Bronze tetrassarion, CN Online 7037 (V232/R483), BMC Thrace p. 121, 42; Jurukova 490 var. (8 spec., all ITΩN in ex.); Varbanov II 3856 - 3857 var. (obv. leg.), gVF, nice green patina, reverse slightly off center, edge split, weight 9.445 g, maximum diameter 25.4 mm, die axis 45o, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛEI,TΩN (last three letters in exergue, ΩN ligate), facade of a tetrastyle temple on three-level crepidoma, spiral fluted Ionic columns, architrave, shield and spear on pediment, acroteria on roof; within Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left arm; ex FORVM (2010); SOLD
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