Who has a copy of Varbanov's reference on Moesia Inferior/Marcianopolis?

If you have a copy of Varbanov, would you be so kind as to look up a coin for me? Please message me or reply in this thread. Thanks!

 

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I do. What do you need?

 

Would you please see if there is a pentassarion of Severus Alexander and Julia Mameae (confronted busts) of Marcianopolis with a Dikaiosyne/Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae under magistrate Umbrius Tereventinus (225-229)?

This is the coin in question:


The obverse inscription should read either ΑVΓ ΚΜ ΑVΡ CΕVΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC ΚΑΙ ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ or ΑVΓ ΚΜ ΑVΡ CΕVΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ.

The reverse inscription should read ΗΓ ȣ ΤΕΡΕΒΕΝΤΙΝΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ-ΩΝ.

It is similar to, but not the same as Varbanov 1834, which depicts Nemesis with scales and cornucopiae but with a wheel at her feet:



My coin doesn't have a wheel at her feet.

Note I'm 100% positive it's Severus Alexander with Mamaea and 100% positive it was issued under Tereventinus.

 

Here's the PM I sent you...

Nope, no such animal exists in Varbanov. The only figure with scales is Nemesis. But Varbanov's coin illustrating 1834 doesn't have a wheel either. See this acsearch page. This raises the question of whether these coins are properly described. Are the figures without the wheel actually Aequitas, or can Nemesis do without her wheel?

 

O..them Markianopolis folks always fergitin' sumpin on the coins seem like..

 

I posted the photo of the Nemesis (with the wheel) coin from the CNG listing at the acsearch page; they apparently misattributed it to Varbanov 1834.

Would you be so kind as to pull Varbanov off the shelf and see what number the Nemesis with scales, cornucopiae and wheel is? Thanks!

I figure there's a reason why coins in this series--have a figure with and without a wheel. While not absolutely certain, I think it's the wheel that distinguishes Nemesis from Dikaiosyne.

 

Interestingly, Nemesis is often portrayed as having wings:

 

I'm not sure that they were seen as distinct deities in the region at that time. Under the description Nemesis, or Nemesis-Aequitas/Dikaiosyne, or Dikaisoyne, we have those that carry scales+cornucopiae and have a wheel and those that don't, but we also have those that carry scales+rod (arshin) with wheel and without. This doesn't even account for those that have just the rod and the wheel, but no scales. I think there may be more variations too.
https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=Nemesis marcianopolis&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1
Perhaps all we're being shown in the variations are different aspects of the same (syncretised) deity.