Archaios | Provincial COMMODUS Thrace PHILIPPOPOLIS Tyche Patera | 44.9

Description

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Description:
Pseudo Autonomous Roman Provincial Bronze Coin of Commodus from Philippopolis in Thrace. Circa 193-211 AD.
Obverse:
Emperor Commodus Laureate and bearded bust right,
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥP ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
around.
Reverse:
Homonia standing left, draped and with kalathos on head, holding patera in her extended right hand and cornucopiae with her left. Ethnic
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ-ΠΟΛEΙΤΩΝ
around
Mint:
Philippopolis, Thrace
Size:
19 mm
Weight:
4.32 g
Ref:
RPC IV.1,7567 (temp); Moushmov Philippopolis 217-9 and 221
Condition:
gFine/gVF. Strong Reverse, Nice example. RPC Online has 6 specimens, most in museums.
As always, Please use the Pictures as your judge as grading is subjective.
Note:
Philippopolis was a populous ancient city of Thrace that is today located at modern Plovdiv, Turkey
.
The city was originally a Thracian settlement, later being invaded by Persians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Goths, Huns, Bulgarians, Slav-Vikings, Crusaders and Turks.
In 342 BC Philip II of Macedon conquered the Thracian town and gave it his name
. Later, Philippopolis became part of the Roman empire and capital of the Roman province Thracia. The city became one of the largest and most important in region and According to Ammianus Marcellinus
Philippopolis had a population of 100,000 in the Roman period
and was called "the largest and most beautiful of all cities" by Lucian.
As with many of the desired locations, the city had a diverse history in ancient times.
Original fortified town was built by the Thracian tribe of the Bessi
In 516 BC, under rule of Darius the Great, Thrace was part of the Persian empire.
In 492 BC the Persian general Mardonius took Thrace again, and it became a vassal of Persia until 479 BC under Xerxes I.
Later Became part of the Odrysian kingdom (460 BC-46 AD)
Conquered by Philip II of Macedon who deposed the Odrysian king in 342 BC.
Around 330 BC Odrysian Seuthes III re-established kingdom under Macedonian suzerainty.
Around 270 BC City was destroyed by the Celts settling Eastern Europe.
In 183 BC Philip V of Macedon conquered the city, but shortly after the Thracians re-conquered it.
In 72 BC the city was seized by the Roman general Marcus Lucullus but was soon restored to Thracian control.
In 46 AD the city was finally incorporated into the Roman Empire by emperor Claudius. and gained Roman city status (municipium) in the late 1st century.
Some Excerpts From Head, Hist. Num., and Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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