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Gordian III, 238 - 244 AD & Serapis
AE 27 of MarkianopolisConfronted 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 MarkianopolisConfronted 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 MarkianopolisConfronted
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 MarkianopolisConfronted 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 MarkianopolisConfronted 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.
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Gordian III, 238 - 244 AD & Serapis
AE 26 of MarkianopolisConfronted 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. |
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