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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3022975, member: 75937&quot;]Shame the flan&#039;s a bit small and the inscription is partially off the flan on both sides. Nonetheless, enough remains to make an exact attribution of the coin. It&#039;s a new purchase and I like the collection of ligatures in the inscription. Note the N+E ligature in the obverse inscription, the O+V (ȣ) ligatures and the A+P ligature in the reverse inscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse inscriptions on coins of Marcianopolis (and of Moesia Inferior in general) often have the name of a consul (a.k.a. legate, consular legate) or governor under whose authority it was issued. This information can help with dating a coin. Not in this case, though. According to Hristova &amp; Jekov, Julius Antonius Seleucus was legate from AD 218-222, virtually the entire reign of Elagabalus. A good page to determine the Roman Legates from Moesia Inferior is by <a href="http://akropoliscoins.com/page8.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://akropoliscoins.com/page8.html" rel="nofollow">Akropolis Ancient Coins</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The VΠ before their name is their title, an abbreviation for ὑπατεύοντος, the masculine genitive singular participle of the verb, ὑπατεύω, meaning &quot;to be consul&quot; (the Greek word is translated into contemporary Latin inscriptions as <i>consularis</i>). Occasionally, the abbreviation ΗΓ is used, an abbreviation for the noun ἡγεμόνος, the genitive masculine singular of ἡγεμών, meaning &quot;governor.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]752096[/ATTACH]</p><p>Elagabalus, AD 218-222</p><p>Roman provincial tetrassarion, 8.53 g, 24.2 mm, 7 h</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Legate Julius Antonius Seleucus, AD 218-222</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head, right</p><p>Rev: VΠ Ιȣ ΑΝΤ CΕΛΕVΚȣ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: BMC 3.34, 47; AMNG (Pick) 856; Moushmov 633</p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant, of course.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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