Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXV 22-23 Sep 2022
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Jotapian BI Antoninianus. Nicopolis Seleuciae, AD 248-249. [IMP C M] F RV IOTAPIANVS, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VI[CTOR]RIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 2c; Bland 6 (same dies); RSC 2. 3.51g, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine; rough surfaces. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a German 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.
Near Extremely Fine; rough surfaces. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a German 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.