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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3941433, member: 44316&quot;]Nisibis was a city in Roman Mesopotamia, now named Nusaybin in Turkey, on its border with Syria. Map from <a href="https://i.imgur.com/lHoCQtt.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://i.imgur.com/lHoCQtt.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/lHoCQtt.jpg</a> and created by <a href="https://www.sardisverlag.de/more-data/daten-data-poster-imperium-romanum-211-ad/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sardisverlag.de/more-data/daten-data-poster-imperium-romanum-211-ad/" rel="nofollow">Sardis Verlag</a> (Nisibis is on the right half way up)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038973[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This Roman provincial coin of Nisibis arrived today.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038940[/ATTACH]</p><p>Otacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, who reigned 244-249.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 26-25 mm, 11.84 g.</p><p>Mesopotamia, <b>Nisibis</b>, AD 244-249.</p><p>Obv: MAP ΩTAKIΛ CЄOYHPAN CЄB, diademed and draped bust right, on crescent.</p><p>Rev: IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ <b>NЄCIBI</b> MHT, tetrastyle temple containing statue of city goddess seated facing; above her head, ram (Aries) leaping right; below, river god Mygdonius swimming right.</p><p>Refs: Sear <i>Greek Imperial Coins</i>&nbsp; 4065. BMC 27. SNG Copenhagen 244.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most common coins of Nisibis have this reverse and an obverse from this family, either Philip, Philip II, or Otacilia Severus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nisibis was in Mesopotamia (&quot;The land between the waters&quot;) and one of the easternmost&nbsp; cities to issue Roman provincial coins. The Euphrates--which was often a boundary of the Roman Empire--is well west of Nisibis (through Zeugma and Samosata on the map). The Tigris begins about 60 miles to the east.</p><p><br /></p><p>A.H.M. Jones, in <i>The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces</i>, writes &quot;... Lucius Verus annexed Mesopotamia. The Parthians did not acquiesce in the loss of the province, and further campaigns were required under Septimius Severus, Caracalla, and Macrinus to maintain the conquests of Verus. Then, early in the third century, the Sassanian dynasty replaced the effete Arsacids [Parthians] and renewed the struggle for Mesopotamia with greater efficiency. Successive campaigns were fought by Severus Alexander, Gordian III, Philip, Valerian, Odenathus, and Carus.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...Severus was certainly the founder of Septimia Rhesaina and Septimia Nisibis, which later took the additional title Julia in honor of <b>Philip</b>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Jones continues &quot;... Under Diocletian the Persian wars continued. ...&nbsp; Julian, after brilliant initial successes, was disastrously defeated and his successor Jovian (363-364) signed an ignominious peace whereby not only the greater part of Diocletian&#039;s conquests but [also] Nisibus and Singara, which had been in Roman hands since the days of Severus and perhaps Verus, were surrendered to the Persians.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Show us a coin of Nisibis or another city in Roman Mesopotamia![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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