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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 2911140, member: 77077&quot;]I picked up this large, provincial coin of Otacilia Severa at one of the recent FUN shows.&nbsp; I was attracted by the interesting patina, which provides a bold contrast between the adhered earth and the toned bronze.&nbsp; Is this a real patina, who knows?&nbsp; I bought it from one of my favorite dealers, Herakles Numismatics, who had no other coins that looked like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]702896[/ATTACH]</p><p>Otacilia Severa, Augusta AD 244-249, AE32, Wife of Philip I</p><p>Cilicia, Seleucia ad Calycadnum</p><p>Obverse: ΩTAKIΛ CЄVHPA ЄVC CЄBAC.</p><p>Diademed, draped, bust right. Countermark monogram in right field.</p><p>Reverse: CЄΛЄVKЄΩN TΩN ΠP KAΛVK / ЄΛЄVΘЄ - PAC.</p><p>Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond.</p><p>References: SNG France 1043-5. For c/m: Howgego 618.</p><p><br /></p><p>The name &quot;Seleucia ad Calycadnum&quot; piqued my curiosity as I had no idea what that meant or where it was.&nbsp; I cribbed the following tidbits from Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Located a few miles from the mouth of the Calycadnus River (in modern day Turkey), Seleucia was founded by Seleucus I Nicator in the early 3rd century BCE. The city grew to include the nearby settlement of Holmi which had been established earlier as an Ionian colony but being on the coast was vulnerable to raiders and pirates. The new city up the river was doubtless seen as safer against attacks from the sea so Seleucia achieved considerable commercial prosperity as a port for this corner of Cilicia, and was even a rival of Tarsus.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Cilicia thrived as a province of the Romans, and Seleucia became a religious center with a renowned 2nd century Temple of Jupiter. It was also the site of a noted school of philosophy and literature, the birthplace of peripatetics Athenaeus and Xenarchus. The cities stone bridge was built by the governor L.Octavius Memor in 77 AD.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Romans produced a series of large and interesting coins in this city. You could do worse than to specialize in coins of this city.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Seleucia+ad+Calycadnum&amp;category" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Seleucia+ad+Calycadnum&amp;category" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Seleucia ad Calycadnum&amp;category</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins of Seleucia ad Calycadnum or Otacilia Severa.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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