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Paunov, Evgeni Ivanov: The start of the coinage of Philippopolis under Domitian
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EVGENI I. PAUNOV
and then catalogued by N. Mouchmov in 1912.3 4 They were listed by types in the
second volume of Roman Provincial Coinage13' and by I. Varbanov,5 and they have
been most recently discussed by B. Woytek.6
This special series of Philippopolis was struck on a single occasion sometime
in AD 88-89 (which is clearly indicated by the imperial titulature: cos XIIII cens
per pp7) in four different denominations. It has the following metrology, which is
based on Roman mainstream coinage:
Denomination
/El
(= sestertius)8 9
in RPC II / RPC
Supplements /
this paper
7E2
(= dupondius)
in RPC II / RPC
Supplements 1
this paper
2E3
(= as)
in RPC 11 / RPC
Supplements /
this paper
HE 4
(= semis?)
in RPC II/RPC
Supplements /
this paper
Metric data
(in RPC 11/
this study)
32-38 mm, 6 h
22.55 g/ 23.88 g
26-28 mm, 7 h
11.24g/11.62 g
22-23 mm
6.53 g/6.10 g
17 mm
2.97 g/3.92 g
Specimens
recorded
13/16/58
2/10/26
4/11/30
2/4/5
Reverse type
City goddess &
Hebros
(RPC II 351)
Apollo to 1.
(RPC II 352)
Ares to 1.
(RPC II 353)
Artemis to r.
(RPC 11 354)
Table 1. Metrology of the bronze coinage of Philippopolis under Domitian. Based on RPC 11, 1999, p. 76;
RPC Supplements 1-4; and coin market data (up until 2018)9
The largest denomination of the Philippopolis series (equal to a sestertius,
RPC II351) features a female figure standing left, this being the city goddess Tyche
with a turreted crown, wearing polos and holding a patera and two corn-ears; at her
feet to the left is the river god Hebros reclining right, holding a reed, another reed
behind him (Pl. 1, Fig. I).10
3 MOUCHMOV 1912: nos. 5062-5068; IDEM 1924: nos. 3-9.
4 RPC II: 76-77, nos. 351-354.
5 VARBANOV 2007: 84-85, nos. 613-623.
6 WOYTEK 2011:424-426.
7 RIC II: 237; BUTTREY 1980: 30 and 38, tabic 3.
8 Some authors call this large denomination a “medallion”; see: VARBANOV 2007: 85, nos. 620-621.
9 Data collected from www.coinarchives.com and www.acsearch.info.
10 On the river god Hebros in Philippopolis, sec: PETER 2005; on this type, sec: Ibidem'. 928-929, no. 14.
and then catalogued by N. Mouchmov in 1912.3 4 They were listed by types in the
second volume of Roman Provincial Coinage13' and by I. Varbanov,5 and they have
been most recently discussed by B. Woytek.6
This special series of Philippopolis was struck on a single occasion sometime
in AD 88-89 (which is clearly indicated by the imperial titulature: cos XIIII cens
per pp7) in four different denominations. It has the following metrology, which is
based on Roman mainstream coinage:
Denomination
/El
(= sestertius)8 9
in RPC II / RPC
Supplements /
this paper
7E2
(= dupondius)
in RPC II / RPC
Supplements 1
this paper
2E3
(= as)
in RPC 11 / RPC
Supplements /
this paper
HE 4
(= semis?)
in RPC II/RPC
Supplements /
this paper
Metric data
(in RPC 11/
this study)
32-38 mm, 6 h
22.55 g/ 23.88 g
26-28 mm, 7 h
11.24g/11.62 g
22-23 mm
6.53 g/6.10 g
17 mm
2.97 g/3.92 g
Specimens
recorded
13/16/58
2/10/26
4/11/30
2/4/5
Reverse type
City goddess &
Hebros
(RPC II 351)
Apollo to 1.
(RPC II 352)
Ares to 1.
(RPC II 353)
Artemis to r.
(RPC 11 354)
Table 1. Metrology of the bronze coinage of Philippopolis under Domitian. Based on RPC 11, 1999, p. 76;
RPC Supplements 1-4; and coin market data (up until 2018)9
The largest denomination of the Philippopolis series (equal to a sestertius,
RPC II351) features a female figure standing left, this being the city goddess Tyche
with a turreted crown, wearing polos and holding a patera and two corn-ears; at her
feet to the left is the river god Hebros reclining right, holding a reed, another reed
behind him (Pl. 1, Fig. I).10
3 MOUCHMOV 1912: nos. 5062-5068; IDEM 1924: nos. 3-9.
4 RPC II: 76-77, nos. 351-354.
5 VARBANOV 2007: 84-85, nos. 613-623.
6 WOYTEK 2011:424-426.
7 RIC II: 237; BUTTREY 1980: 30 and 38, tabic 3.
8 Some authors call this large denomination a “medallion”; see: VARBANOV 2007: 85, nos. 620-621.
9 Data collected from www.coinarchives.com and www.acsearch.info.
10 On the river god Hebros in Philippopolis, sec: PETER 2005; on this type, sec: Ibidem'. 928-929, no. 14.