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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4338766, member: 75937&quot;]Hadrianopolis (Ἁδριανούπολις in Greek; modern Edirne, Turkey) was re-founded by Hadrian (Duh!) at the site of a Thracian city once known as Uscudama[1] but then subsequently renamed Orestias or Odrysus.[2] The city was situated in Thrace, at the point where the river Tonzus joins the Hebrus.[3]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099473[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian developed the city and made it the capital of the Roman province of Thrace. Military historian John Keegan identifies Hadrianopolis as the site of no fewer than 15 major battles or sieges, the first in AD 323 and the last in July, 1913, and attributes this to its geographical location.[4] Licinius was defeated there by Constantine I in 323,[5] and Valens was killed by the Goths during the Battle of Adrianople in 378.[6]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have four coins minted in this city. Let&#039;s see your coins of Hadrianopolis in Thrace!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-hadrianopolis-hygeia-and-asklepios-jpg.940547/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 22.7 mm, 6.54 g, 7 h.</p><p>Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 161-176.</p><p>Obv: ·I·AVCTEINA CEBACTH, pearl-diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera, and Asklepios, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, standing facing one-another.</p><p>Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10453/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10453/" rel="nofollow">RPC IV (temp) 10453</a>; SNG Cop 560; Jurukova 84-87; Varbanov 3219; Moushmov 2521; Mionnet suppl. 2, 636.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-hadrianopolis-hera-jpg.1018445/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina Jr, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 22.4 mm, 6.54 g.</p><p>Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 161-176.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑVCΤΙΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤH, pearl-diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Hera veiled, standing in front of altar, holding patera and scepter.</p><p>Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3921" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3921" rel="nofollow">RPC IV (temp) 3921</a>; Moushmov 2532; Varbanov 1631; Jurukova 63–67, 71, and 76–81; SNG Cop 558; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 644.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-hadrianopolis-winged-genius-jpg.1087601/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Caracalla, AD 198-217.</p><p>Roman provincial AE 17.1 mm, 3.44 g, 12 h.</p><p>Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 198-217.</p><p>Obv: AVT K M AVP CE ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: AΔΡIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Nude Eros-Thanatos standing right, left leg crossed over right, leaning with right hand and left elbow on inverted lit torch.</p><p>Refs: Varbanov 3526; Jurukova, Hadrianople 390.2; <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=5217" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=5217" rel="nofollow">CN 5217</a>; Moushmov 2615; cf. SNG Cop 271.</p><p>Notes: Reverse die match to CN 5217 specimen (Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, no. 1566).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-hadrianopolis-artemis-jpg.791406/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 9.53 g, 24.2 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 238-244.</p><p>Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow; stag at side.</p><p>Refs: BMC 30; Moushmov 2685; Varbanov 3888; Jurukova 476; SNG Cop --; Lindgren --; GIC --.</p><p>Notes: Obverse die match to Varbanov plate coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Ammianus Marcellinus, <i>Rerum Gestarum</i> 27.4.12, in <i>Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation</i>. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940, p. 23. Available <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Amm.%2027.4&amp;lang=original" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Amm.%2027.4&amp;lang=original" rel="nofollow">online</a> at The Perseus Project.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Smith, William. <i>A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography ... Edited by W. Smith</i>. Walton &amp; Maberly, 1854, p. 1023.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Gustav Droysen, <i>Allgemeiner historischer Handatlas in 96 Karten mit erläuterndem Text</i>. Bielefeld, Velhagen &amp; Klasing 1886, p. 16.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Keegan, John. <i>A History of Warfare</i>. Alfred A. Knopf, 1993, pp. 70-71.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Vagi, David L. <i>Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, c. 82 B.C.- A.D. 480</i>. <i>Vol. 1</i>, Coin World, 1999, p. 465.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Ibid, p. 585.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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