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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8123405, member: 75937&quot;]That IS an important coin when it comes to our understanding of the history of Iconium. That would be a treasured addition to a Flavian collection even without the historical significance, but when you add its historical significance, it adds to its interest indeed.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-collectors-top-10-of-2021.389726/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-collectors-top-10-of-2021.389726/">favorite coin of the year</a> because it is important. The existence of this coin was previously unknown and it contributes to the body of evidence that there was a centralized mint along the Black Sea coast in the third century that struck coins for the cities in the region. To the best of my knowledge, this is the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coins-of-deultum-thrace-and-marcianopolis-moesia-inf-were-struck-at-the-same-mint.383381/#post-7759681" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coins-of-deultum-thrace-and-marcianopolis-moesia-inf-were-struck-at-the-same-mint.383381/#post-7759681">first time that a hybrid has been described between Deultum and Marcianopolis</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/mamaea-deultum-marcianopolis-hybrid-jpg.1330073/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ tetrassarion, 22.4 mm, 8.92 g, 1 h.</p><p>Hybrid of coins of Deultum and Marcianopolis, AD 227-228/229.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MA-MAEA AVG; draped bust, right, wearing stephane.</p><p>Rev: VΠ TIB IOVΛ ΦHCTȢ MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak.</p><p>Refs: Unpublished; see Varbanov II, 2333 (Mamaea) and AMNG I-1, 1018-21 (Severus Alexander).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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