Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXI 24-25 Mar 2021
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Jotapian AR Antoninianus. Nicopolis Seleuciae, AD 248-249. IMP M F R IOTAPIANVS AV, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC IV 2b var. (obv. legend); Bland 7; RSC 1b. 3.06g, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; usual rough surfaces, but with a clear portrait and name. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Jotapian, a member of the near-eastern indigenous aristocracy who claimed descent from an Alexander (possibly either Severus Alexander, or Antiochos I of Commagene, who himself claimed Alexander the Great as an ancestor), led a rebellion against Philip I centred around Syria in response to an increase in taxation ordered by the rector orientis Priscus, Philip's brother. Jotapian made Antioch his capital, but the rebellion quickly came to an end when Jotapian was killed by his own soldiers.
Good Very Fine; usual rough surfaces, but with a clear portrait and name. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Jotapian, a member of the near-eastern indigenous aristocracy who claimed descent from an Alexander (possibly either Severus Alexander, or Antiochos I of Commagene, who himself claimed Alexander the Great as an ancestor), led a rebellion against Philip I centred around Syria in response to an increase in taxation ordered by the rector orientis Priscus, Philip's brother. Jotapian made Antioch his capital, but the rebellion quickly came to an end when Jotapian was killed by his own soldiers.