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[ancient coins]    [ancient coins]    Jotapian; 248 AD, Antoninianus,
                                      3.98g. RIC-2c corr. (R5), C-2 (1000
                                      Fr.). Obv: IM C M F RV IOTAPIANVS
                                      Bust radiate, cuirassed r., seen
                                      from back. Rx: VIC-TO-RIA AVG
                                      Victory advancing l. holding wreath
                                      and palm. Very rare: only 18
                                      authentic coins of this usurper were
                                      known to R. Bland, Coinage of
                                      Jotapian, Essays Carson-Jenkins
                                      (1993). Our piece is from Bland's
                                      obverse die III and reverse die
                                      viii, a new die combination, and
                                      only the second attested case of a
                                      reverse die occurring with two
                                      different obverse dies (Bland's III
                                      and V) on Jotapian's antoniniani.
                                      Because of the similarity of
                                      Jotapian's portrait on his
                                      antoniniani to that of Phiip I on
                                      rare provincial bronzes of Nicopolis
                                      in Seleucia, noted by Florian Eggers
                                      and reported by Bland, we can
                                      surmise that the antoniniani too
                                      were struck at that mint and that
                                      Jotapian's revolt therefore probably
                                      "centered on northern Syria,
                                      Cappadocia and presumably Cilicia as
                                      well" (Bland, p. 195). Porous metal.
                                      Very clear name. If you have a coin
                                      of Jotapian and it is not relatively
                                      ugly, it is probably false. This
                                      coin is ugly enough to be real but
                                      still bold and clear. For issue,
                                      Fine+/VF
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