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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3261147, member: 75937"]Lovely coins and fantastic, informative write-up, [USER=75641]@nicholasz219[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my favorite and most interesting coins come from Marcianopolis. Here are a few:</p><p><br /></p><p>This one of Septimius Severus, which led me to <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nearby-cities-similar-celators.298453/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nearby-cities-similar-celators.298453/">wonder if the die-engraver at nearby Anchialus worked at the Marcianopolis mint as well</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]857869[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These coins of the Three Nymphs and Three Graces, which are an obverse die match to yours. Read more <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/three-nymphs-not-three-graces.316058/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/three-nymphs-not-three-graces.316058/">here</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]857865[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]857866[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one of Caracalla and Julia Domna has a cool reverse type, depicting Apollo preparing to slay Python, the subject of many subsequent works of art and also of <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/apollo-versus-python.327205/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/apollo-versus-python.327205/">this thread</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]857870[/ATTACH] </p><p>This one of Plautilla, which may have been <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/plautilla-of-marcianopolis-single-pair-of-dies.327563/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/plautilla-of-marcianopolis-single-pair-of-dies.327563/">produced by only a single pair of dies</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]857871[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one of Elagabalus, in which he <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/caveman.321846/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/caveman.321846/">looks like a caveman</a> and on which H<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/concordia-homonoia.328439/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/concordia-homonoia.328439/">omonoia appears</a> on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]857872[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This unlisted Severus Alexander and Julia Mamaea pentassarion, which I <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/unlisted-severus-alexander-and-julia-mamaea-provincial.281927/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/unlisted-severus-alexander-and-julia-mamaea-provincial.281927/">wrote about</a> 2-1/2 years ago:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]857868[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And a couple of Gordian III with Tranquillina pentassaria, one of which depicts <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-gordian-and-tranquillina-marriage-issue.317089/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-gordian-and-tranquillina-marriage-issue.317089/">Tyche in a temple</a> and was apparently struck with a single pair of dies, and <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-gordian-iii-and-tranquillina-marriage-commemorative.312187/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-gordian-iii-and-tranquillina-marriage-commemorative.312187/">another</a> featuring <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mesomedes-hymn-to-nemesis-numismatically-illustrated.311787/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mesomedes-hymn-to-nemesis-numismatically-illustrated.311787/">Nemesis</a> -- one of my favorite goddesses -- on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]857875[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]857876[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3261147, member: 75937"]Lovely coins and fantastic, informative write-up, [USER=75641]@nicholasz219[/USER] Some of my favorite and most interesting coins come from Marcianopolis. Here are a few: This one of Septimius Severus, which led me to [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nearby-cities-similar-celators.298453/']wonder if the die-engraver at nearby Anchialus worked at the Marcianopolis mint as well[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]857869[/ATTACH] These coins of the Three Nymphs and Three Graces, which are an obverse die match to yours. Read more [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/three-nymphs-not-three-graces.316058/']here[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]857865[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]857866[/ATTACH] This one of Caracalla and Julia Domna has a cool reverse type, depicting Apollo preparing to slay Python, the subject of many subsequent works of art and also of [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/apollo-versus-python.327205/']this thread[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]857870[/ATTACH] This one of Plautilla, which may have been [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/plautilla-of-marcianopolis-single-pair-of-dies.327563/']produced by only a single pair of dies[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]857871[/ATTACH] This one of Elagabalus, in which he [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/caveman.321846/']looks like a caveman[/URL] and on which H[URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/concordia-homonoia.328439/']omonoia appears[/URL] on the reverse: [ATTACH=full]857872[/ATTACH] This unlisted Severus Alexander and Julia Mamaea pentassarion, which I [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/unlisted-severus-alexander-and-julia-mamaea-provincial.281927/']wrote about[/URL] 2-1/2 years ago: [ATTACH=full]857868[/ATTACH] And a couple of Gordian III with Tranquillina pentassaria, one of which depicts [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-gordian-and-tranquillina-marriage-issue.317089/']Tyche in a temple[/URL] and was apparently struck with a single pair of dies, and [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-gordian-iii-and-tranquillina-marriage-commemorative.312187/']another[/URL] featuring [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mesomedes-hymn-to-nemesis-numismatically-illustrated.311787/']Nemesis[/URL] -- one of my favorite goddesses -- on the reverse. [ATTACH=full]857875[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]857876[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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