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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7759681, member: 75937"]First of all, I want to give a huge thank you to [USER=76544]@Brian Bucklan[/USER], who not only discovered this coin, but was so kind as to send it to me as a gift! This forum has the friendliest, most generous members! So a huge shout out to Brian is in order!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/fxI1G5PNC5esyNlIUs/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47f5ytuolwsnnplma2fuxiwptyssna31jv1g9hpj23&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1330073[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Provincial Æ tetrassarion, 22.4 mm, 8.92 g, 1 h. </font></p><p><font size="3">Hybrid of coins of Deultum and Marcianopolis, AD 227-228/229.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: IVLIA MA-MAEA AVG; draped bust, right, wearing stephane.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: VΠ TIB IOVΛ ΦHCTȢ MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: Unpublished; see Varbanov II, 2333 (Mamaea) and AMNG I-1, 1018-21 (Severus Alexander). </font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>You'll notice the obverse has a Latin inscription, whereas the reverse has a Greek one. This was the clue that the coin was a hybrid (mule) and that the obverse was one used by the city of Deultum in Thrace which, as a Roman colony, used Latin inscriptions. The obverse is a die match to this coin of Deultum, Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Online Auction 278, lot <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8017623" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8017623" rel="nofollow">3331</a>, 21 April 2021. Note it even has the same die-break behind the bust. This establishes with certainty that it was an obverse intended for Deultum.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1330086[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse type is clearly one issued by Marcianopolis in Moesia Inferior for Severus Alexander, the son of Julia Mamaea. The reverse inscription names the Governor of Moesia Inferior, Tiberius Julius Festus, who served from AD 227-228/229, allowing the coin to be dated and identified as a reverse type intended for a tetrassarion of Severus Alexander. See <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Severus+Alexander+Marcianopolis+Eagle+Festus&category=1-2&lot=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&currency=usd&order=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Severus+Alexander+Marcianopolis+Eagle+Festus&category=1-2&lot=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&currency=usd&order=0" rel="nofollow">here</a> for numerous examples (unfortunately, none are die-matches to the hybrid coin).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Significance of the Find</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is a mint error -- a hybrid/mule -- in which the obverse meant for Deultum was unintentionally paired with a reverse intended for Marcianopolis. This conclusively demonstrates that they were struck in the same mint. It has long been suggested that there was a centralized mint along the Black Sea coast in the third century that struck coins for the cities in the region. Die-sharing was first noted between coins of the region by Pick and Riegling, who note the existence of hybrids between coins of Odessus and Marcianopolis and between Odessus and Tomis.[1] A comprehensive list of hybrid coins in the third century of the city of Odessus has been published by Lazarenko.[2] Similarly, die-sharing has been described by Calomino for the time of Gordian III between the cities of Marcianopolis, Odessus and Tomis,[3] and by Peter between Marcianopolis and Dionysopolis and between Marcianopolis and Anchialus (Thrace).[4] To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time that a hybrid has been described between Deultum and Marcianopolis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus, there appears to have been a centralized mint in the third century AD that served the cities along or near the coast of the Black Sea and which transcended the political organization of Moesia Inferior and Thrace as separate provinces within the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoQXlJ4XUAgDZBF.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Map of present-day Bulgaria showing Roman provinces, major towns, and military sites (after S. Goshev and R. Ivanov).[5]</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>As always, post anything you feel is relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Pick, Behrendt, and Kurt Regling. <i>Die Antiken Münzen Von Dacien Und Moesien</i>. I-2, Georg Reimer, 1910, p. 528.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Lazarenko, Igor. "Chronology of the coins minted in Odessus in the period from the reign of emperor Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) until Emperor Gordian III (AD 238-244)," in <i>Miscellanea in Honor of Alexander Minchev (=Acta Musei Varnaensis VIII/2)</i>. Varna, 2012, nn. 251-261, pp. 161-2, 184-5, 200.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Calomino, Dario. "Die-Sharing in Moesia Inferior under Gordian III." <i>The Numismatic Chronicle</i>, vol. 173, 2013, pp. 105–126. DOI:<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859730" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859730" rel="nofollow">https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859730</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Peter, Ulrike. "<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346825966_Religious-Cultural_Identity_in_Thrace_and_Moesia_Inferior" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346825966_Religious-Cultural_Identity_in_Thrace_and_Moesia_Inferior" rel="nofollow">Religious-cultural identity in Thrace and Moesia Inferior</a>," in Howgego, Christopher, et al. <i>Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces</i>. Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 107-114. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199265268.001.0001.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Ivanov, Rumen. "Romans on the Danube: Abritus." <i>Athena Review 2,3: Romans on the Danube: An ABC of Barbarian Tribes</i>, 2000, <a href="http://www.athenapub.com/AR/7abritus.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.athenapub.com/AR/7abritus.htm" rel="nofollow">www.athenapub.com/AR/7abritus.htm</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7759681, member: 75937"]First of all, I want to give a huge thank you to [USER=76544]@Brian Bucklan[/USER], who not only discovered this coin, but was so kind as to send it to me as a gift! This forum has the friendliest, most generous members! So a huge shout out to Brian is in order! [IMG]https://media0.giphy.com/media/fxI1G5PNC5esyNlIUs/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47f5ytuolwsnnplma2fuxiwptyssna31jv1g9hpj23&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g[/IMG] Here's the coin: [ATTACH=full]1330073[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235. Roman Provincial Æ tetrassarion, 22.4 mm, 8.92 g, 1 h. Hybrid of coins of Deultum and Marcianopolis, AD 227-228/229. Obv: IVLIA MA-MAEA AVG; draped bust, right, wearing stephane. Rev: VΠ TIB IOVΛ ΦHCTȢ MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Refs: Unpublished; see Varbanov II, 2333 (Mamaea) and AMNG I-1, 1018-21 (Severus Alexander). [/SIZE][/INDENT] You'll notice the obverse has a Latin inscription, whereas the reverse has a Greek one. This was the clue that the coin was a hybrid (mule) and that the obverse was one used by the city of Deultum in Thrace which, as a Roman colony, used Latin inscriptions. The obverse is a die match to this coin of Deultum, Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Online Auction 278, lot [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8017623']3331[/URL], 21 April 2021. Note it even has the same die-break behind the bust. This establishes with certainty that it was an obverse intended for Deultum. [ATTACH=full]1330086[/ATTACH] The reverse type is clearly one issued by Marcianopolis in Moesia Inferior for Severus Alexander, the son of Julia Mamaea. The reverse inscription names the Governor of Moesia Inferior, Tiberius Julius Festus, who served from AD 227-228/229, allowing the coin to be dated and identified as a reverse type intended for a tetrassarion of Severus Alexander. See [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Severus+Alexander+Marcianopolis+Eagle+Festus&category=1-2&lot=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1¤cy=usd&order=0']here[/URL] for numerous examples (unfortunately, none are die-matches to the hybrid coin). [B]The Significance of the Find[/B] This coin is a mint error -- a hybrid/mule -- in which the obverse meant for Deultum was unintentionally paired with a reverse intended for Marcianopolis. This conclusively demonstrates that they were struck in the same mint. It has long been suggested that there was a centralized mint along the Black Sea coast in the third century that struck coins for the cities in the region. Die-sharing was first noted between coins of the region by Pick and Riegling, who note the existence of hybrids between coins of Odessus and Marcianopolis and between Odessus and Tomis.[1] A comprehensive list of hybrid coins in the third century of the city of Odessus has been published by Lazarenko.[2] Similarly, die-sharing has been described by Calomino for the time of Gordian III between the cities of Marcianopolis, Odessus and Tomis,[3] and by Peter between Marcianopolis and Dionysopolis and between Marcianopolis and Anchialus (Thrace).[4] To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time that a hybrid has been described between Deultum and Marcianopolis. Thus, there appears to have been a centralized mint in the third century AD that served the cities along or near the coast of the Black Sea and which transcended the political organization of Moesia Inferior and Thrace as separate provinces within the Roman Empire. [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoQXlJ4XUAgDZBF.jpg[/IMG] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Map of present-day Bulgaria showing Roman provinces, major towns, and military sites (after S. Goshev and R. Ivanov).[5][/SIZE][/INDENT] As always, post anything you feel is relevant! ~~~ Notes: 1. Pick, Behrendt, and Kurt Regling. [I]Die Antiken Münzen Von Dacien Und Moesien[/I]. I-2, Georg Reimer, 1910, p. 528. 2. Lazarenko, Igor. "Chronology of the coins minted in Odessus in the period from the reign of emperor Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) until Emperor Gordian III (AD 238-244)," in [I]Miscellanea in Honor of Alexander Minchev (=Acta Musei Varnaensis VIII/2)[/I]. Varna, 2012, nn. 251-261, pp. 161-2, 184-5, 200. 3. Calomino, Dario. "Die-Sharing in Moesia Inferior under Gordian III." [I]The Numismatic Chronicle[/I], vol. 173, 2013, pp. 105–126. DOI:[URL]https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859730[/URL]. 4. Peter, Ulrike. "[URL='https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346825966_Religious-Cultural_Identity_in_Thrace_and_Moesia_Inferior']Religious-cultural identity in Thrace and Moesia Inferior[/URL]," in Howgego, Christopher, et al. [I]Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces[/I]. Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 107-114. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199265268.001.0001. 5. Ivanov, Rumen. "Romans on the Danube: Abritus." [I]Athena Review 2,3: Romans on the Danube: An ABC of Barbarian Tribes[/I], 2000, [URL='http://www.athenapub.com/AR/7abritus.htm']www.athenapub.com/AR/7abritus.htm[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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