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Jotapian. Antoninianus; Jotapian; 248 AD, Antoninianus, 3.01g. RIC-2c corr. (R5), C-2 (1000 Fr.). Obv: IM C M F RV IOTAPIANVS Bust radiate, cuirassed r., seen from back. Rx: VIC-TO-RIA AVG Victory advancing l. holding wreath and palm. Very rare: only 18 authentic coins of this usurper were known to R. Bland, Coinage of Jotapian, Essays Carson-Jenkins (1993). Our piece is from Bland's obverse die III and reverse die iv, a new die combination. Because of the similarity of Jotapian's portrait on his antoniniani to that of Phiip I on rare provincial bronzes of Nicopolis in Seleucia, noted by Florian Eggers and reported by Bland, we can surmise that the antoniniani too were struck at that mint and that Jotapian's revolt therefore probably "centered on northern Syria, Cappadocia and presumably Cilicia as well" (Bland, p. 195).This coin lists for 1000 francs in Cohen, a virtually impossible level for an antoninianus. Jotapian himself was far less successful than the value of this coin, a few of which have recently come into the market. aEF