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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4249029, member: 75937&quot;]The city of Flaviopolis in Cilicia, also known as Flavias, is shrouded in mystery. The city was founded by Vespasian, as part of an imperial program for the urbanization of the Cilician Plain. It was located northeast of Anazarbos along a tributary of the Pyramus river (modern Ceyhan River), but its exact location is not certain. Some archaeologists identify it with the modern town of Kadirli, where mosaic floors, inscriptions, and building blocks have been found. Moreover, a 6th century church has been excavated at Kadirli, consistent with Flaviopolis being a bishopric of Cilicia Secunda in the early Christian era.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084356[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins of the city are typically dated according to an era beginning with the founding of the city. Hill[1] assigns a date of AD 74 for the city&#039;s founding, whereas Sear[2] assigns a date of AD 73. RPC IV.3 online[3] calculates the dates the coins issued by the city from year 1 = AD 73 as well. However, the earliest known coins are of the year 17 and bear the image of Domitian.</p><p><br /></p><p>This small coin depicts the Roman empress Faustina I (Augusta AD 138-140), the wife of Antoninus Pius. It was issued in AD 166/7, under the authority of her son-in-law, Marcus Aurelius, Pius having died in AD 161. The reverse depicts Dionysus with rather standard iconography, not uncommonly used on coins throughout the provincial series. I have previously discussed this reverse type <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dionysos-and-panther.326005/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dionysos-and-panther.326005/">here</a> and <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/libero-patri.354354/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/libero-patri.354354/">here</a> on CT.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Post anything you feel is relevant! </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084351[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 4.91 g.</p><p>Cilicia, Flaviopolis, CY 94 = AD 166/7.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑΥСΤЄΙΝΑ CЄBACTH, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΦΛΑOΥΙΟ-ΠOΛЄΙΤΩΝ ЄΤOYC / Ϟ - Δ, Dionysos standing front, head to left, holding kantharos over panther in his right hand and thyrsos in his left.</p><p>Refs: RPC IV.3 online <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10281" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10281" rel="nofollow">10281</a> (temp); SNG Levante 1541 v. (year); Ziegler 1246-7; BMC --; SNG Paris --.</p><p>Notes: Double die-match to the <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/207762" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/207762" rel="nofollow">specimen in the Ashmolean Museum</a> (RPC example):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084352[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Hill, G.F. <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Lycaonia, Isauria, and Cilicia</i>. British Museum, London, 1900, p. cvii.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Sear, David. <i>Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values</i>. Seaby, London. 1982, p. 606.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. “ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINAGE ONLINE.” <i>Ashmolean Museum</i>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Flaviopolis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Flaviopolis" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Flaviopolis</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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