Ancients
Jotapian (ca. autumn AD 249). AR antoninianus (22mm, 3.88 gm, 12h). NGC XF 4/5 - 2/5. Nicopolis in Seleucia mint. IM C M F R IOTAPIANVS AV, radiate, cuirassed bust of Jotapian right, seen from behind / VICT-ORIA-AV-G, Victory advancing left, wreath upward in outstretched right hand, palm cradled in left. Bland, Coinage of Jotapian, Essays Carson-Jenkins, 1993, unlisted dies. RIC IV.III 2b var. (obverse legend). Struck on a broad flan, with some porosity as is normal for Jotapian. Extremely rare: Bland could locate only 18 surviving antoniniani of Jotapian, who revolted in northern Syria late in the reign of Philip I.
From the Werner Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 468 (20 May 2020), lot 537
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