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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 2003430, member: 44132"]I recently took a chance on an Ebay auction for a couple of Roman provincial coins which were not garnering much attention. I was able to pick up both for a song, but perhaps that is more due to their condition. Anyway, TIF helped me attribute this particular coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]359359[/ATTACH] </p><p>PHILIP II Pentassarion </p><p>OBVERSE: M IOVLIOC FILIPPOC, KAICAP below, confronted draped busts of Philip II & Serapis</p><p>REVERSE: MARKIANOPOLEITWN, Aesklepios standing right, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; E in right field</p><p>Struck at Markianopolis</p><p>9.8g, 27mm</p><p>Moushmov 858; Varbanov 2090</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Julius Philippus Severus</b>, also known as <b>Philippus II</b>, <b>Philip II</b> and <b>Philip the Younger</b> (238–249) was the son and heir of theRoman Emperor Philip the Arab by his wife Roman Empress Marcia Otacilia Severa. According to numismatic evidence, he had a sister called Julia Severa or Severina, whom the extant literary sources do not mention and a brother, Quintus Philippus Severus.</p><p><br /></p><p>When his father became emperor in 244 he was appointed Caesar. In 247 he became consul, and later elevated by his father to the rank of <i>Augustus</i> and co-ruler.</p><p><br /></p><p>His father was killed in battle by his successor Decius in 249. When news of this death reached Rome, Philip II was murdered by the Praetorian Guard. He died in his mother's arms, aged eleven years.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Markianopolis</b> or <b>Marcianopolis</b> was founded by Emperor Trajan (AD 98-117) and named after his sister Marciana (possibly Marcia) and was populated of mainly Greeks of Asia Minor origin and Thracians. Their trade consisted of pottery, metal processing, arms and glass. It issued coins from the reign of Commodus (AD 177-192) continuously through about AD 248 Philip II (AD 247-249) after it successfully repelled an attack by the Goths. It was partially destroyed in AD 250-251. In AD 447 it was attacked by Attila the Hun. Its ruins are in a village called Devnia (Reka Devniya or Reka Devnia).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 2003430, member: 44132"]I recently took a chance on an Ebay auction for a couple of Roman provincial coins which were not garnering much attention. I was able to pick up both for a song, but perhaps that is more due to their condition. Anyway, TIF helped me attribute this particular coin: [ATTACH=full]359359[/ATTACH] PHILIP II Pentassarion OBVERSE: M IOVLIOC FILIPPOC, KAICAP below, confronted draped busts of Philip II & Serapis REVERSE: MARKIANOPOLEITWN, Aesklepios standing right, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; E in right field Struck at Markianopolis 9.8g, 27mm Moushmov 858; Varbanov 2090 [B]Marcus Julius Philippus Severus[/B], also known as [B]Philippus II[/B], [B]Philip II[/B] and [B]Philip the Younger[/B] (238–249) was the son and heir of theRoman Emperor Philip the Arab by his wife Roman Empress Marcia Otacilia Severa. According to numismatic evidence, he had a sister called Julia Severa or Severina, whom the extant literary sources do not mention and a brother, Quintus Philippus Severus. When his father became emperor in 244 he was appointed Caesar. In 247 he became consul, and later elevated by his father to the rank of [I]Augustus[/I] and co-ruler. His father was killed in battle by his successor Decius in 249. When news of this death reached Rome, Philip II was murdered by the Praetorian Guard. He died in his mother's arms, aged eleven years. [B]Markianopolis[/B] or [B]Marcianopolis[/B] was founded by Emperor Trajan (AD 98-117) and named after his sister Marciana (possibly Marcia) and was populated of mainly Greeks of Asia Minor origin and Thracians. Their trade consisted of pottery, metal processing, arms and glass. It issued coins from the reign of Commodus (AD 177-192) continuously through about AD 248 Philip II (AD 247-249) after it successfully repelled an attack by the Goths. It was partially destroyed in AD 250-251. In AD 447 it was attacked by Attila the Hun. Its ruins are in a village called Devnia (Reka Devniya or Reka Devnia).[/QUOTE]
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