Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXVII 22-23 Mar 2023
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Jotapian BI Antoninianus. Nicopolis Seleuciae, AD 248-249. IM C M F R IOTAPIANVS [AV], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 2a-c var. (obv. legend); R. Bland, 'The Coinage of Jotapian: A Reassessment' in NC 2022, 8/12 (this coin, dies VIII/xxvi); RSC 1b var. (same). 4.33g, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; typical rough surfaces, a remarkably well-preserved portrait for the issue. Extremely Rare; and undoubtedly among the very finest known coins of the usurper.
This coin published in R. Bland, 'The Coinage of Jotapian: A Reassessment' in Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 182 (London, 2022);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 125, 23 June 2021, lot 755 (hammer: CHF 13,000).
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.
Extremely Fine; typical rough surfaces, a remarkably well-preserved portrait for the issue. Extremely Rare; and undoubtedly among the very finest known coins of the usurper.
This coin published in R. Bland, 'The Coinage of Jotapian: A Reassessment' in Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 182 (London, 2022);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 125, 23 June 2021, lot 755 (hammer: CHF 13,000).
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.