The Wonderful World of Ancient Coin Collecting
Coinage of the Roman Empire


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Coin Description:
Grade: NGC Ch VF* Surface: 5/5 Surface: 5/5
Owner: RAM-VT
 
Set Category: Ancients
Set Name: The Wonderful World of Ancient Coin Collecting
Slot Name: Coinage of the Roman Empire
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Roman Provincial Coinage Issue of Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis Gordian III AD 238 - 244 AE 21 Moushmov 779 Grade: Ch VF* Strike: 5/5 Surface 5/5 Census - NGC does not provide census info on ancient coins :>( The Obv.: laureate head right The Rev.: Fortuna standing left with rudder & cornucopiae. Gordian III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Augustus; 20 January 225 – 11 February 244), was Roman Emperor from 238 to 244. Very little is known on his early life before his acclamation. Gordian had assumed the name of his maternal grandfather in 238. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roman Emperor Trajan renamed the ancient city of Parthenopolis after the Second Dacian War, which ended in 106. The city was rechristened after Trajan's sister, Ulpia Marciana. An important strategic centre, the city was part of Roman Thrace until 187–193, and then belonged to Moesia inferior. Marcianopolis's prosperity under the Severan Dynasty was ended by a Gothic raid in 248–249 and subsequent barbarian invasions from the north. The Romans repulsed another Gothic attack to this town in 267 (or 268), during the reign of Gallienus. Under Emperor Diocletian Marcianopolis became the centre of the province Moesia Secunda of the Diocese of Thrace, and was rebuilt thoroughly in the late 3rd and early 4th century. It grew in importance at the expense of neighbouring Odessos (Varna) in the 4th century. The city was an important episcopal centre and a basilica from the period was excavated in the 20th century. During Emperor Valens' conflict with the Goths (366–369), Marcianopolis was a temporary capital of the empire and the largest city of Thrace according to a source from the period. In 447, it was destroyed by the Huns under Attila, immediately after the bloody battle of the Utus river. My cost for this coin was $35

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