LUCIUS VERUS, ULPIA PAUTALIA 161 AD ROMAN PROVINCIAL COPPER COIN NOVELTY STRIKE

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Æ DENOMINATION OF ULPIA PAUTALIA, THRACE MUSEUM RERPODUCTION ROMAN PROVINCIAL COIN OF LUCIUS VERUS 161-169 A.D. COPPER COIN WITH OXIDIZED GREEN PATINA FECUNDITAS ON REV
Æ Copper Roman Provincial (35.1mm, 31.40g.) Lucius Verus, Ulpia Pautalia, Thrace mint, struck 161-169 A.D. Unpublished in standard references. For the coin’s reverse, the engraver chose the figure of Fecunditas holding a child in each arm and two more at her feat. Fecunditas was the Roman goddess of fertility, and advertised the continuation of the imperial bloodline. This motif appears relatively frequently on ancient Roman coinage, for example on denarii struck for the elder Faustina (and also for Faustina Jr.).
This issue was hand struck (hammered) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (ancient Roman province Philippopolis). It goes without saying you always get the exact item in the picture.
PAUTALIA (Kyustendil) W Bulgaria.
The principal habitation site at Pautalia goes back to the Thracian period and it was probably the capital of the Dentheleti. It is situated on the Strymon river, ca. 69 km SW of Sofia, in a valley rich in cereal grains and mineral springs.
In the Thracian age it became a Roman center (civitas Ulpia); in the time of Hadrian it received the title of Aelia. The center was an important crossroads, linked with the Aegean Sea across the Strymon, and with Serdica and Philippopolis. The acropolis is on the hill called Hissarlâk, and the inhabited area extends between this hill and the river. Only recently the fortifications of the city on the N, E, and W sides have been brought to light. From the first observation of these it seems possible to date them to the second half of the 2d c. A.D. During successive centuries the fortifications underwent a number of modifications until the Byzantine period. A secure date for the restoration of at least a part of the fortifications is found in an ancient source (Procop. De aed. 4.1.31), which places it in the age of Justinian. The latest excavation has also brought to light stretches of ancient roads crossed by cloacae in brick. Also recently found on the acropolis were stretches of fortifications provided with towers and posterns.
Among the major monuments of the city and of the acropolis are the temples of Zeus and Hera, and of Aesculapius, important because of the mineral waters. Other major monuments include the bath buildings and a gymnasium. All of these are mentioned in inscriptions or on the coins from the local mint.
The center was renowned for the number of its copies of major works of Greek art, as, for example, the Diskobolos of Naukidas, the statue of Hermes, or that of Dionysos and Pan.
Besides the large center of Pautalia, there were in the neighborhood numerous small unfortified settlements in which the cult of Aesculapius was predominant. These centers formed, very probably, the proasteion mentioned in the inscriptions found in the area around Pautalia.
Design:
Obverse side
Draped and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus right
Legend:
AYT · KAI · Λ · AY · OYHPOC
Reverse side
Fecunditas standing right, holding an infant on each arm; below two children standing left at either side
Legend:
HΓE M TOYΛΛIOY MAZIMOY ΠAYTAΛIΩTΩN
A perfect choice for Numismatists, Historians, Military Veterans, Collectors.
LUCIUS VERUS, ULPIA PAUTALIA 161 AD ROMAN PROVINCIAL COPPER COIN NOVELTY STRIKE
Æ DENOMINATION OF ULPIA PAUTALIA, THRACE MUSEUM RERPODUCTION ROMAN PROVINCIAL COIN OF LUCIUS VERUS 161-169 A.D. COPPER COIN WITH OXIDIZED GREEN PATINA FECUNDITAS ON REV
Æ Copper Roman Provincial (35.1mm, 31.40g.) Lucius Verus, Ulpia Pautalia, Thrace mint, struck 161-169 A.D. Unpublished in standard references. For the coin’s reverse, the engraver chose the figure of Fecunditas holding a child in each arm and two more at her feat. Fecunditas was the Roman goddess of fertility, and advertised the continuation of the imperial bloodline. This motif appears relatively frequently on ancient Roman coinage, for example on denarii struck for the elder Faustina (and also for Faustina Jr.).
This issue was hand struck (hammered) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (ancient Roman province Philippopolis). It goes without saying you always get the exact item in the picture.
PAUTALIA (Kyustendil) W Bulgaria.
The principal habitation site at Pautalia goes back to the Thracian period and it was probably the capital of the Dentheleti. It is situated on the Strymon river, ca. 69 km SW of Sofia, in a valley rich in cereal grains and mineral springs.
In the Thracian age it became a Roman center (civitas Ulpia); in the time of Hadrian it received the title of Aelia. The center was an important crossroads, linked with the Aegean Sea across the Strymon, and with Serdica and Philippopolis. The acropolis is on the hill called Hissarlâk, and the inhabited area extends between this hill and the river. Only recently the fortifications of the city on the N, E, and W sides have been brought to light. From the first observation of these it seems possible to date them to the second half of the 2d c. A.D. During successive centuries the fortifications underwent a number of modifications until the Byzantine period. A secure date for the restoration of at least a part of the fortifications is found in an ancient source (Procop. De aed. 4.1.31), which places it in the age of Justinian. The latest excavation has also brought to light stretches of ancient roads crossed by cloacae in brick. Also recently found on the acropolis were stretches of fortifications provided with towers and posterns.
Among the major monuments of the city and of the acropolis are the temples of Zeus and Hera, and of Aesculapius, important because of the mineral waters. Other major monuments include the bath buildings and a gymnasium. All of these are mentioned in inscriptions or on the coins from the local mint.
The center was renowned for the number of its copies of major works of Greek art, as, for example, the Diskobolos of Naukidas, the statue of Hermes, or that of Dionysos and Pan.
Besides the large center of Pautalia, there were in the neighborhood numerous small unfortified settlements in which the cult of Aesculapius was predominant. These centers formed, very probably, the proasteion mentioned in the inscriptions found in the area around Pautalia.
Design:
Obverse side
Draped and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus right
Legend:
AYT · KAI · Λ · AY · OYHPOC
Reverse side
Fecunditas standing right, holding an infant on each arm; below two children standing left at either side
Legend:
HΓE M TOYΛΛIOY MAZIMOY ΠAYTAΛIΩTΩN
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