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ID: |
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80000738 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Jotapian |
| Date Ruled: |
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AD 248-249 circa
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| Metal: |
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Silver |
| Denomination: |
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Antoninianus |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD circa 248-249 |
| Weight: |
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3.88 g |
| Die Axis: |
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7 h |
| Obverse Legend: |
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IM C M F R IOTAPIANVS AV |
| Obverse Description: |
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Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right |
| Reverse Legend: |
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VIC-TO-RIΛ ΛVG |
| Reverse Description: |
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Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm |
| Mint: |
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Nicopolis in Seleucia |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 002a var. (obv. legend) |
| Reference2: |
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RSC 002 var. (obv. legend) |
| Reference3: |
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Bland 011 (same dies) |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132961 |
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Grade:
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Good VF |
| Notes: |
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Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 738. Very rare. From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Credit de la Bourse (19 April 1995), lot 466. Jotapian led a short-lived revolt in Syria in the autumn of AD 249 while Philip I was still emperor. Little is known of Jotapian’s background. It was said that he boasted of a relationship to Severus Alexander, and his unusual name, although otherwise unknown for a man, is attested in its feminine form "Jotape" in the royal houses of Commagene and Emesa. The extreme rarity of his coins indicates that the revolt was brief, and the crude style proves that the revolt was geographically confined, for Jotapian plainly did not control a major Roman mint. His head was brought to Rome and shown to Trajan Decius "as was customary, although Decius had not asked for it" (Aur. Vict., Caes. 29.4). In his corpus of Jotapian's coins, Bland cites 18 antoniniani in total. |
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