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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7645747, member: 99456"]The coin that caught my attention today has an excellent portrait of Septimius Severus on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse. It is a good size at 27mm, >11g AE and gives an excuse to ponder Roman history. A variant of this coin from Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior (today Devnya, Bulgaria) made its first appearance on CT about two years ago <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/markianopolis-moesia-inferior.328481" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/markianopolis-moesia-inferior.328481">in a post</a> by [USER=75641]@nicholasz219[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/markianopolis-moesia-inferior.328481" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/markianopolis-moesia-inferior.328481">in that post</a> is Varbanov 838 and this coin is 839, both issued by governor Flavius Ulpianus. On 838 the eagle on the reverse is holding a wreath, and the other is without wreath. Is that important? I guess there isn't a universal answer to that question.</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Why is it called Marcianopolis?</b></u></p><p>Macianopolis was named Parthenopolis until some time after Trajan captured Dacia in 106 AD and renamed the town after his sister Ulpia Marciana - Trajan's capture of Dacia commemorated by this coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314472[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan</b>, AD 98-117, AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.26 g, 7h), <b>"Dacia Capta"</b> commemorative, Rome mint, struck circa AD 108-109</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P Laureate bust right, slight drapery</p><p><b>Rev:</b> COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, DAC CAP in exergue, Dacian seated left on pile of arms, in attitude of mourning, foot on helmet; one round and one oblong shield; on left, two curved swords; on right, two spears</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.98" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.98" rel="nofollow">RIC II 98</a></p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Where is Moesia Inferior?</b></u></p><p>Moesia Inferior, today is within modern Bulgaria and Romania, with Marcianopolis (Devnya) on the southeastern end of the region as seen in this map:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314454[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Image Source: <a href="http://www.maproom.org/00/08/present.php?m=0017" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.maproom.org/00/08/present.php?m=0017" rel="nofollow">Plate 17 from Professor G. Droysens Allgemeiner Historischer Handatlas by R. Andree, 1886</a> (Public Domain)</font></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>What about the coin?</u></b></p><p>Flavius Ulpianus, named in the reverse legend, has been identified as the legate (governor) of Meosia Inferior from 210-(?)213 AD - there is some ambiguity in the evidence about whether he was still governor into 213. See:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314485[/ATTACH]</p><p>Boteva, D. (1996). <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/20189696" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/20189696" rel="nofollow">Legati Augusti pro praetore Moesiae inferioris A.D. 193-217/218</a>. <i>Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik,</i> <i>110</i>, 244-245.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314478[/ATTACH] <b>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Septimius Severus</b> (193-211), AE (29mm, 11.89g), Flavius Ulpianus, consular legate (governor), struck AD mid-210 to early-211</p><p><b>Obv:</b> AY K Λ CEΠ CEOYHPOC.</p><p>Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> V ΦΛ OVΛΠIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, eagle standing facing, wings gathered, head right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Varbanov 839 (similar to 838 but with no wreath on reverse)</p><p><b>Notes:</b> <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-coin-from-marcianopolis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-coin-from-marcianopolis" rel="nofollow">for more information on this Coin from Marcianopolis</a></p><p>As always, additional references, context, comments, corrections, and coins are always appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post coins of Marcianopolis, Septimius Severus, Dacia Capta or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7645747, member: 99456"]The coin that caught my attention today has an excellent portrait of Septimius Severus on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse. It is a good size at 27mm, >11g AE and gives an excuse to ponder Roman history. A variant of this coin from Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior (today Devnya, Bulgaria) made its first appearance on CT about two years ago [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/markianopolis-moesia-inferior.328481']in a post[/URL] by [USER=75641]@nicholasz219[/USER]. The coin [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/markianopolis-moesia-inferior.328481']in that post[/URL] is Varbanov 838 and this coin is 839, both issued by governor Flavius Ulpianus. On 838 the eagle on the reverse is holding a wreath, and the other is without wreath. Is that important? I guess there isn't a universal answer to that question. [U][B]Why is it called Marcianopolis?[/B][/U] Macianopolis was named Parthenopolis until some time after Trajan captured Dacia in 106 AD and renamed the town after his sister Ulpia Marciana - Trajan's capture of Dacia commemorated by this coin. [ATTACH=full]1314472[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan[/B], AD 98-117, AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.26 g, 7h), [B]"Dacia Capta"[/B] commemorative, Rome mint, struck circa AD 108-109 [B]Obv:[/B] IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P Laureate bust right, slight drapery [B]Rev:[/B] COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, DAC CAP in exergue, Dacian seated left on pile of arms, in attitude of mourning, foot on helmet; one round and one oblong shield; on left, two curved swords; on right, two spears [B]Ref:[/B] [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.98']RIC II 98[/URL] [U][B]Where is Moesia Inferior?[/B][/U] Moesia Inferior, today is within modern Bulgaria and Romania, with Marcianopolis (Devnya) on the southeastern end of the region as seen in this map: [ATTACH=full]1314454[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Image Source: [URL='http://www.maproom.org/00/08/present.php?m=0017']Plate 17 from Professor G. Droysens Allgemeiner Historischer Handatlas by R. Andree, 1886[/URL] (Public Domain)[/SIZE] [B][U]What about the coin?[/U][/B] Flavius Ulpianus, named in the reverse legend, has been identified as the legate (governor) of Meosia Inferior from 210-(?)213 AD - there is some ambiguity in the evidence about whether he was still governor into 213. See: [ATTACH=full]1314485[/ATTACH] Boteva, D. (1996). [URL='http://www.jstor.org/stable/20189696']Legati Augusti pro praetore Moesiae inferioris A.D. 193-217/218[/URL]. [I]Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik,[/I] [I]110[/I], 244-245. [ATTACH=full]1314478[/ATTACH] [B]Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Septimius Severus[/B] (193-211), AE (29mm, 11.89g), Flavius Ulpianus, consular legate (governor), struck AD mid-210 to early-211 [B]Obv:[/B] AY K Λ CEΠ CEOYHPOC. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. [B]Rev:[/B] V ΦΛ OVΛΠIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, eagle standing facing, wings gathered, head right [B]Ref:[/B] Varbanov 839 (similar to 838 but with no wreath on reverse) [B]Notes:[/B] [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-coin-from-marcianopolis']for more information on this Coin from Marcianopolis[/URL] As always, additional references, context, comments, corrections, and coins are always appreciated. [B]Post coins of Marcianopolis, Septimius Severus, Dacia Capta or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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