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Message:: [QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 7777465, member: 99554"]July 20th 246 AD. Following Philipp's Danubian campaigns, the provincial era of Dacia begins. The province is granted minting rights. The historyDacia became a Roman province during the reign of Trajan, was under the Roman administration until the second half of the 3rd century AD, and was partially re-conquered by Constantine. The first Roman incursion into Dacia occurred in 101 AD. Trajan used Dacian raids into Roman territory as the pretext for invasion, but he had been planning the attacks since 99 AD. This was a radical change from the Roman practice of appeasement which had been ongoing since the time of Augustus. Domitian actually set up payments to the Dacian ruler Decebalus to purchase his non-aggression. In spite of this agreement Decebalus sanctioned raids into Roman territory and in one raid the governor of Moesia was slain. Trajan struck hard and deep into the Dacian territory (modern day Romania and Hungary) in Blitzkreig fashion. Much can be learned about the Dacian Wars by studying the beautiful reliefs on the Trajan's Column which was erected in 106 AD as a memorial and a history of the first Dacian war. Rome must have built a coalition prior to the invasion as Moors and even their traditional enemies, the Parthians, are depicted fighting with the Romans. [ATTACH=full]1334136[/ATTACH] Wounded Roman soldiers (Trajan's column) The coinageThe new minting privilege is demonstated by the coin series “PROVINCIADACIA”. The first issue was produced in AD 246 during the reign of Philip I. Although a local coinage, dated by a provincial year, this coinage was struck in accordance with the official Roman bronze denominations: sestertius, dupondius...Moreover, it followed the same pattern of debasement as coins minted in Rome: the smaller denominations (dupondius,as) gradually disappeared; the sestertius denomination followed the same tricky trend of keeping the size of its diameter accompanied by a major increase in weight. The main purpose of these coins was to supply the army. The PROVINCIA DACIA coin series can therefore be closely linked with the military and their need for bronze coinage in Dacia. This hypothesis is supported by site finds from the territory of this province. The military theme of the reverse is in line with the intended audience for this coinage. It depicts the province of Dacia standing left, between an eagle and a lion. The eagle with a wreath in its beak and the lion are symbols of the legions permanently garrisoned in Dacia, the legio V Macedonica from Potaissa, and the legio XIII Gemina from Apulum. Moreover, the olive branch, the curved Dacian sword (phlax), and the standard inscribed D(acia) F(elix) are also of a military character. Finally, the legend on the reverse is inscribed PROVINCIA DACIA. The mint in the Roman province of Dacia struck coins very similar to those issued at Viminacium. Through this similarity some scholars think that coins bearing the legend PROVINCIA DACIA were struck in the mint of Viminacium. Because of the variations of style, the spreading pattern as well as the differences in the local dating in accordance to the well-known imperial chronology, the coins are recently assumed to have been minted somewhere in the province of Dacia itself. This mint was probably erected with the help from personnel from the Viminacium mint. The mint of Dacia probably did not issued silver antoniniani as it was at Viminacium but only copper and brass asses, dupondii and sestertii. According to the Roman numerals of the local year the mint of Dacia produced coins made of copper and brass until the local year XI (256/257). Like Trajan Decius, two decades earlier, Aurelian, of the same Illyrian origin, also honoured Dacia on his coinage. [ATTACH=full]1334137[/ATTACH] Philip I (year 3, 248 AD) Please show me your coins of Dacia ![/QUOTE]

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