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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7879607, member: 75937"]Hey, everybody! It's ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ScientificBrilliantEarwig-max-1mb.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And you know what that means! It's Faustina Friday!! And this Friday, we're gonna get provincial.</p><p><br /></p><p>The city of Antiochia was probably founded by Antiochus I Soter, son of Seleucus I Nicator, on the south bank of the Mæander River where the Morsynus River (Orsinus), flowing north from the city of Aphrodisias, meets the Mæander.[1] The modern name for the site is Aliağaçiftliği.[2] Pliny[3] says it replaced two cities called Symmaithos and Kranaos. Strabo[4] calls it city of moderate size, but owning extensive territory on both sides of the river. He notes that the region is famous for its dried figs and is liable to earthquakes. The city gained some importance from a bridge over the Mæander, beautifully depicted on a large bronze of Trajan Decius (<a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/766" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/766" rel="nofollow">RPC IX, 766</a>), but now vanished. Stillwell et al. remark the city has "little or no individual history."[5]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1358588[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Stillwell et al. note the city's remains are scanty. On the hill is a medieval fortress and castle incorporating some ancient blocks, and on the northwest side is the hollow of the theater, but no masonry survives. Marble blocks and column drums are scattered over the ground, especially on a level space near the top on the north side. In the 19th century, there were many remains of buildings, arches, massive acropolis walls, and a stadium 0.8 km to the east, but little is to be seen today.[6]</p><p><br /></p><p>The city does not seem to have struck coins before 168 BC. Coin production continued into the Roman Imperial period, beginning with Augustus, and continuing through the reign of Gallienus.[7] This moderate sized bronze was struck for Faustina the Younger. I date it to c. AD 155-165 based on hairstyle.[8]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1358589[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Faustina II, AD 147-175.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Roman provincial Æ 25 mm, 8.01 g, 6 h.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Caria, Antiochia ad Maeandrum, c. AD 155-165.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Obv: ·I·AVCTЄINA CЄBACT, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Rev: ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ, Hera standing, facing, head, left, holding long scepter in right hand and veil with bent left arm.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Refs: Similar to <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/827" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/827" rel="nofollow">RPC IV.2, 827</a> (temporary) and Imhoof-Blumer <i>KM</i> p. 111, no. 20, pl. IV.9.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Notes: Unique? Unlisted with the ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ reverse legend at RPC. Unlisted in BMC, Mionnet, Lindgren and Wiczay. No examples appear on a search at acsearchinfo or at Wildwinds.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>This may represent a previously unrecorded reverse legend. If anyone has a reference to this coin with the ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ reverse legend, please let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Please post your coins of Antiochia ad Maeandrum, coins of Caria, interesting Faustina provincials, or anything you feel is relevant!</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Head, Barclay V. <i>Catalogue of the Greek Coins of CARIA, Cos, Rhodes, &C</i>. Trustees of the British Museum, 1897, p. xxxi.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. A., Talbert Richard J, et al. <i>Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World</i>. Princeton University Press, 2000, Map 65, H5 and Map-by-map Directory, p. 997.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.%20Nat.%205.29&lang=original" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.%20Nat.%205.29&lang=original" rel="nofollow"><i>HN</i> 5.108</a>, cited in Stillwell, Richard. MacDonald, William L. McAlister, Marian Holland. <i>The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.</i> Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1976, s.v. Antioch on the Maeander, Turkey. Available online at <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:alphabetic+letter=A:entry+group=7:entry=antioch-on-the-maeander" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:alphabetic+letter=A:entry+group=7:entry=antioch-on-the-maeander" rel="nofollow">https://www.perseus.tufts.edu</a><i>.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>4. <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239%3Abook%3D13%3Achapter%3D4%3Asection%3D15" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239%3Abook%3D13%3Achapter%3D4%3Asection%3D15" rel="nofollow"><i>Geography</i> 13.4.15</a>, Strabo, et al. <i>The Geography of Strabo Literally Translated, with Notes the First Six Books by H.C. Hamilton, Esq. the Remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford in Three Volumes</i>. George Bell & Sons, 1903.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Stillwell, Richard. MacDonald, William L. McAlister, Marian Holland. <i>The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.</i> Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1976, s.v. Antioch on the Maeander, Turkey. Available online at <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:alphabetic+letter=A:entry+group=7:entry=antioch-on-the-maeander" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:alphabetic+letter=A:entry+group=7:entry=antioch-on-the-maeander" rel="nofollow">https://www.perseus.tufts.edu</a><i>.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>6. <i>Ibid.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>7. Head, <i>op. cit</i>., pp. xxxi-xxxiii, 14-24.</p><p><br /></p><p>8. Dating by means of Faustina’s coiffure is a much less reliable undertaking in the Roman provincial series than in the imperial series due to the relative paucity of reliable exemplars of the empress' current hairstyle in the provinces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7879607, member: 75937"]Hey, everybody! It's ... [IMG]https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ScientificBrilliantEarwig-max-1mb.gif[/IMG] And you know what that means! It's Faustina Friday!! And this Friday, we're gonna get provincial. The city of Antiochia was probably founded by Antiochus I Soter, son of Seleucus I Nicator, on the south bank of the Mæander River where the Morsynus River (Orsinus), flowing north from the city of Aphrodisias, meets the Mæander.[1] The modern name for the site is Aliağaçiftliği.[2] Pliny[3] says it replaced two cities called Symmaithos and Kranaos. Strabo[4] calls it city of moderate size, but owning extensive territory on both sides of the river. He notes that the region is famous for its dried figs and is liable to earthquakes. The city gained some importance from a bridge over the Mæander, beautifully depicted on a large bronze of Trajan Decius ([URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/766']RPC IX, 766[/URL]), but now vanished. Stillwell et al. remark the city has "little or no individual history."[5] [ATTACH=full]1358588[/ATTACH] Stillwell et al. note the city's remains are scanty. On the hill is a medieval fortress and castle incorporating some ancient blocks, and on the northwest side is the hollow of the theater, but no masonry survives. Marble blocks and column drums are scattered over the ground, especially on a level space near the top on the north side. In the 19th century, there were many remains of buildings, arches, massive acropolis walls, and a stadium 0.8 km to the east, but little is to be seen today.[6] The city does not seem to have struck coins before 168 BC. Coin production continued into the Roman Imperial period, beginning with Augustus, and continuing through the reign of Gallienus.[7] This moderate sized bronze was struck for Faustina the Younger. I date it to c. AD 155-165 based on hairstyle.[8] [ATTACH=full]1358589[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 25 mm, 8.01 g, 6 h. Caria, Antiochia ad Maeandrum, c. AD 155-165. Obv: ·I·AVCTЄINA CЄBACT, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ, Hera standing, facing, head, left, holding long scepter in right hand and veil with bent left arm. Refs: Similar to [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/827']RPC IV.2, 827[/URL] (temporary) and Imhoof-Blumer [I]KM[/I] p. 111, no. 20, pl. IV.9. Notes: Unique? Unlisted with the ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ reverse legend at RPC. Unlisted in BMC, Mionnet, Lindgren and Wiczay. No examples appear on a search at acsearchinfo or at Wildwinds.[/SIZE][/INDENT] This may represent a previously unrecorded reverse legend. If anyone has a reference to this coin with the ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ reverse legend, please let me know. [I]Please post your coins of Antiochia ad Maeandrum, coins of Caria, interesting Faustina provincials, or anything you feel is relevant![/I] [B]Notes[/B] 1. Head, Barclay V. [I]Catalogue of the Greek Coins of CARIA, Cos, Rhodes, &C[/I]. Trustees of the British Museum, 1897, p. xxxi. 2. A., Talbert Richard J, et al. [I]Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World[/I]. Princeton University Press, 2000, Map 65, H5 and Map-by-map Directory, p. 997. 3. [URL='https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.%20Nat.%205.29&lang=original'][I]HN[/I] 5.108[/URL], cited in Stillwell, Richard. MacDonald, William L. McAlister, Marian Holland. [I]The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.[/I] Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1976, s.v. Antioch on the Maeander, Turkey. Available online at [URL='https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:alphabetic+letter=A:entry+group=7:entry=antioch-on-the-maeander']https://www.perseus.tufts.edu[/URL][I].[/I] 4. [URL='https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239%3Abook%3D13%3Achapter%3D4%3Asection%3D15'][I]Geography[/I] 13.4.15[/URL], Strabo, et al. [I]The Geography of Strabo Literally Translated, with Notes the First Six Books by H.C. Hamilton, Esq. the Remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford in Three Volumes[/I]. George Bell & Sons, 1903. 5. Stillwell, Richard. MacDonald, William L. McAlister, Marian Holland. [I]The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.[/I] Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1976, s.v. Antioch on the Maeander, Turkey. Available online at [URL='https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:alphabetic+letter=A:entry+group=7:entry=antioch-on-the-maeander']https://www.perseus.tufts.edu[/URL][I].[/I] 6. [I]Ibid.[/I] 7. Head, [I]op. cit[/I]., pp. xxxi-xxxiii, 14-24. 8. Dating by means of Faustina’s coiffure is a much less reliable undertaking in the Roman provincial series than in the imperial series due to the relative paucity of reliable exemplars of the empress' current hairstyle in the provinces.[/QUOTE]
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