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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4341366, member: 75937&quot;]I decided to start this thread because <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrianopolis-thrace.358177/#post-4341187" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrianopolis-thrace.358177/#post-4341187">elsewhere</a>, in this thread about coins from Hadrianopolis, [USER=101013]@Limes[/USER] asks &quot;Makes me wonder, did every emperor have a [insert name]opolis?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed, many did, such as Philippopolis, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, Trajanopolis, and Laodicea and many others.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are TWO ways to play:</p><p><br /></p><p>You can post a coin from a CITY and name the person after whom it was named</p><blockquote><p>or</p></blockquote><p>You can post a coin from a PERSON and name the city named after him/her.</p><p><br /></p><p>Completely okay to duplicate rulers or cities -- there&#039;s more than one interesting coin from Marcianopolis, for example.</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll start:</p><p><br /></p><p>This is Plotina, after whom Plotinopolis (Thrace) is named:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/plotina-tabae-jpg.1088409/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Plotina, c. AD 105-122.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 20.0 mm, 5.43 g, 6 h.</p><p>Caria, Tabae, AD 105-122.</p><p>Obv: ΠΛΩΤЄΙΝ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, diademed and draped bust, right, hair in plait behind</p><p>Rev: ΤΑΒΗ-ΝΩΝ, stag standing right.</p><p>Refs: RPC III <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2292" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2292" rel="nofollow">2292</a>; BMC 18. 170, 79; SNG von Aulock 2720; SNG München 455-6; Robert 143.</p><p>Notes: Reverse die match to SNG von Aulock 2720. &quot;<a href="http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/rcape/vcrc/search/2Detail1.asp?Recordset38_Action=Find(%27key%27,%271863%27)&amp;Recordset38_Position=FIL%3A%28Issuer+LIKE+%27%25plotina%25%27%29ORD%3AABS%3A1KEY%3A1863PAR%3A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/rcape/vcrc/search/2Detail1.asp?Recordset38_Action=Find(%27key%27,%271863%27)&amp;Recordset38_Position=FIL%3A%28Issuer+LIKE+%27%25plotina%25%27%29ORD%3AABS%3A1KEY%3A1863PAR%3A" rel="nofollow">Plate&quot; coin</a> at Austin College&#039;s Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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