CNG 61, Lot: 2027. Closing Date: Sep 25, 2002. JOTAPIAN. 
Estimate $10000  

JOTAPIAN. Circa 249 AD. Billon "Denarius" (3.95 
gm). Nicopolis in Seleucia mint. 
IMP [M] F RV IOTA[PIANVS], laureate and cuirassed bust right, 
seen from behind
[VICTOR]IA AVG, Victory walking left holding wreath and palm. 

RIC IV -; R. Bland, The Coinage of Jotapian -, but 
cf. pl. XXXV, 3(a) and 4(a) for same reverse die; Cohen -. 
Unique. 
Only eighteen coins of Jotapian are cited by Bland, all 
of which are antoniniani. 
Although the bust is laureate on this unpublished 
obverse die, the flan is normal weight for an 
antoninianus of Jotapian. Perhaps an obverse die 
designed for aurei was used in the striking of antoniniani. 
The discovery of this coin may therefore support the 
Delbrück's suggestion that Jotapian could have 
struck aurei, none of which survive (see Bland pg. 198).

Lot sold for  $7600, plus buyers fees.

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