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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 4342663, member: 75641&quot;][USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] Nicely done write up.&nbsp; Very enjoyable to read. Great coins from your collection as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=101013]@Limes[/USER] A lot of victorious emperors of different kingdoms and the Roman Empire would re-found a city after conquest or for the fun of it, I guess.&nbsp;&nbsp; You are a succession of names based on who controlled an area at a given time in places long settled.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just like now most former Roman cities have had modern day cities built atop through continuous inhabitation or redevelopment. Many Roman towns in Bulgaria have current Bulgarian cities there now.&nbsp;&nbsp; Example; Plovdiv, Bulgaria is the former Philippopolis.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099977[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provincial, Hadrianopolis, Thrace, AE17, ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛεΙΤΟΝ</b></p><p>AE17</p><p>Roman Provincial: Hadrianopolis, Thrace</p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>Augustus: 193 - 211AD</p><p>17.0mm 3.19gr 2h</p><p>O: ΑγΚ Λ CεΠ CεVΗΡΟC Π (HP ligate); Laureate head, right.</p><p>R: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛεΙΤΟΝ; Bunch of grapes.</p><p>Hadrianopolis, Thrace Mint</p><p>SNG Cop -; BMC -.</p><p>Savoca London/Philipp Eckhert 2nd Blue Auction, Lot 645</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099978[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provincial, Hadrianopolis, Thrace, AE18, ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ</b></p><p>AE18</p><p>Roman Provincial: Hadrianopolis, Thrace</p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>Augustus: 193 - 211AD</p><p>18.5mm 2.60gr 7h</p><p>O: AYT K Λ CεΠ CεVHΓOC; Laureate head, right.</p><p>R: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm branch.</p><p>Hadrianopolis Mint</p><p>Gerasimov 48; Varbanov 3395 var. (Obverse legend); Ruzicka 4 var. (Obverse legend).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099981[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provincial, Hadrianopolis, Thrace, AE27, ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ</b></p><p>AE27</p><p>Roman Provincial: Hadrianopolis, Thrace</p><p>Caracalla</p><p>Caesar: 195 - 197AD</p><p>Augustus: 198 - 217AD</p><p>27.0mm 10.51gr</p><p>O: AVT K M AVR CEV ANTΩNEINOC; Laureate head, right.</p><p>R: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ; Eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread, wreath in beak.</p><p>Varbanov 3496[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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