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Gordian III, 238 - 244 AD & Serapis
AE 27 of Markianopolis

Confronted busts / City gate (or triumphal arch) with three figures on top

 
Markianopolis Area
Ruins Photo
Comment- Pick (AMNG 1166) speculates that the figures on top of the wall are Zeus between the Dioscuri, and that all three figures are naked.

 



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Gordian III, 238 - 244 AD & Serapis
AE 27 of Markianopolis

Confronted busts / City gate with walls and towers that surround the city

Comment- The bird's-eye view shows a temple and other buildings within the walls of the city. I suppose a shovel made the big nick on the top of the coin.



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Macrinus & his son Diadumenian, 217 - 218 AD
AE 25 of Markianopolis

Confronted busts / Triumphal arch with four statues on top

Comment- 4 statues of Victory, the outside 2 holding a wreath and a palm branch, the middle two holding a scepter



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Caracalla, 196 - 217 AD & his mother Julia Domna
AE 26 of Markianopolis

Confronted draped busts / City gate (or triumphal arch) with four figures on top

Comment- The figures on top of the wall are (left to right) Caracalla, father Severus, mother Domna, brother Geta. (Pick, AMNG, p. 231)



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Caracalla, 196 - 217 AD & his mother Julia Domna
AE 25 of Markianopolis

Confronted draped busts / Four figures on arch with central archway and a smaller archway to either side, windows above each smaller archway

Comment- Similar to the coin above. The figures on the arch are a little different, and the denomination mark is on the opposite side. This coin shows many blocks, while most coins found of this type are very worn down.


Gordian III, 238 - 244 AD & Serapis
AE 26 of Markianopolis

Confronted busts / City gate

Comment- The E on the reverse is the denomination mark, which is regularly seen on coins with dual portraits. Issued before Gordian III's marriage, the god Serapis is "filling in" where a family member would usually be portrayed.