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Message:: [QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8222495, member: 75937"]Interesting and educational write-up, [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]! I don't have any Greek coins of Thrace, but I do have several issued under Roman hegemony. Alphabetically, by city, here are a few. Anchialus <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-anchialus-athlete-with-palm-and-wreath-jpg.1160131/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Gordian III, AD 238-244.Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion, 13.30 g, 27.1 mm, 7 h.Thrace, Anchialus, AD 238-244.Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, Nude athlete standing facing, head right, holding palm branch and wreath.Refs: AMNG II, 632.3, p. 276; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 136; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48982" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48982" rel="nofollow">RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID 48982)</a>; <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4915" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4915" rel="nofollow">Corpus Nummorum Thracorum cn.anchialus.4915</a>.</blockquote> Augusta Traiana <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucius-verus-augusta-traiana-three-nymphs-jpg.1399606/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Lucius Verus, AD 161-169.Roman Provincial Æ assarion, 4.23 g, 18 mm.Thrace, Augusta Traiana, AD 161-169.Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑV-ΡΗ ΟVΗΡΟϹ, bare head, right.Rev: ΑV-Γ-ΟV-ϹΤΗϹ | ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ, three nymphs, stolate, standing facing, arms draped on each other's shoulders and holding unknown objects (thymiatera? tripods?) at sides. Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10343" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10343" rel="nofollow">RPC IV 10343 (temporary)</a>; Schonert-Geiss 89; Varbanov II 909; Moushmov (1912) --; Moushmov Online 2987A; Staal, pl. 2, fig. 12.</blockquote> Bizya <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/otacilia-severa-bizya-jpg.1092751/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249.Thrace, Bizya Æ 23.5 mm, 6.89 gm, 7 h.Obv: M WTAKEIΛIA CEBHPA CEB, diademed and draped bust, right.Rev: ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ, Artemis Phosphoros standing right, holding arrow and torch; stag at her feet.Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/337527" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/337527" rel="nofollow">Tachev, Bizija 5</a> (this coin); Moushmov 3514; Sear GIC 3991; Varbanov 1592; Lindgren II 759; Jurukova 147; Mionnet Suppl 2, 193; RPC VIII, (unassigned; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48718" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48718" rel="nofollow">ID 48718</a>); CN <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins/3897" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins/3897" rel="nofollow">3897</a>; Milano IV/3 --; BMC Thrace --; SNG Tubingen --; SNG Copenhagen --;Wiczay --.Notes: Double die-match to RPC specimen and to Lindgren II 759.</blockquote> Hadrianopolis <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-hadrianopolis-winged-genius-jpg.1054668/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Caracalla, AD 198-217.Roman provincial AE 17.1 mm, 3.44 g, 12 h.Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 198-217.Obv: AVT K M AVP CE ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head, right.Rev: AΔΡIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, left leg crossed over right, leaning with right hand and left elbow on inverted lit torch.Refs: Varbanov 3526; Jurukova, Hadrianople 390.2; <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=5217" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=5217" rel="nofollow">CN 5217</a>; Moushmov 2615; cf. SNG Cop 271.Notes: Reverse die match to CN 5217 specimen (Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, no. 1566).</blockquote> Mesembria <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-and-tranquillina-mesembria-apollo-jpg.1080784/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Gordian III and Tranquillina.Roman provincial AE 25.8 mm, 11.44 g.Thrace, Mesembria, AD 241.Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕΒ-ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛΙΝ[Α], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, confronted.Rev: ΜΕCΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Apollo in long robe, standing left, holding plectrum in outstretched right hand and resting left on lyre set on column.Refs: Moushmov 3998; Varbanov 4175-4176.</blockquote> Pautalia <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-pautalia-asklepios-riding-glykon-jpg.1329322/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Caracalla, AD 198-217.Roman Provincial tetrassarion, 14.78 g, 29.6 mm, 1 h.Thrace, Pautalia, c. AD 198-205.Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, beardless, laureate head of Caracalla, right.Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAV | TAΛIAC. Asklepios cradling serpent-entwined staff, reclining left, head right, on winged, coiled, and bearded Glykon flying right.Refs: BMC 3.145,34; Ruzicka 612; Varbanov II 5008; Moushmov 4235, Mionnet Suppl. 2, p. 384, 1084; Vaillant n. Gr. 1074. </blockquote> Perinthus <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-perinthus-homonoia-diassarion-jpg.1096555/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.Roman provincial AE diassarion, 10.69 gm, 25.3 mm, 7 h.Thrace, Perinthus, AD 196-211.Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΑVΓΟVϹΤΑ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.Rev: ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera and cornucopia.Refs: Varbanov 219; Moushmov 4530; Schönert-Geiß 540; <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins?id=2877" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins?id=2877" rel="nofollow">CN 2877</a>.Notes: Obverse die-match to CN 2877 (<a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85872842" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85872842" rel="nofollow">BnF</a>) specimen.</blockquote> Philippopolis <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-philippopolis-lion-jpg.894259/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Septimius Severus, AD 193-211. Roman Provincial Æ (diassarion?) 17.7 mm; 4.06 g. Thrace, Philippopolis. Obv: ΑV Κ Λ CΕVΗΡΟC, laureate and draped bust right. Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ-ΩΝ, lion walking left; ox's head before. Refs: Moushmov 5274 var. (lion walking right); Varbanov 1305.</blockquote>[/QUOTE]

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