The bronze AE25 coins of Nisibis in Mesopotamia are fascinating and historically significant examples of Roman provincial coinage from one of the empire’s most strategically important eastern frontier cities, a major commercial and military hub on the border between Roman and Persian spheres of influence whose coins reflect the complex political and cultural dynamics of Rome’s most contested and consequential frontier zone. This AE25 Coin from Nisibis is in Choice Extremely Fine condition according to the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC). Now, Mesopotamia Nisibis Otacilia Severa AE25 Coins are available online at JM Bullion.
Coin Highlights:
These Mesopotamia Nisibis Otacilia Severa AE25 Coins arrive in Choice Extremely Fine condition, indicating a coin that is among the best examples of an Extremely Fine specimen. The design elements on this coin are well preserved for its age. As artifacts of a city that changed hands repeatedly between Roman and Sasanian Persian control across the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, Nisibis coins carry a particularly rich and layered historical significance.
The Mesopotamian Otacilia Severa AE25 Coins of Nisibis featuring the Roman Empress typically present a draped bust on the obverse, rendered in the provincial portrait style of the eastern Roman mints with the diademed, elaborately coiffed presentation appropriate to an Augusta of the imperial court, her features reflecting the idealized but increasingly individualized portrait conventions of mid-3rd-century Roman imperial art. The reverse carries the civic imagery of Nisibis, typically including the city’s name in Greek lettering alongside local divine figures.
The AE25 coins of Nisibis issued during the period associated with Otacilia Severa, wife of the emperor Philip I the Arab who ruled from 244 to 249 AD, were produced during the brief and turbulent reign of an emperor whose own Arabian origins gave the Roman imperial succession of this period a particularly diverse and geographically far-reaching character. Otacilia Severa was elevated to the rank of Augusta and appeared on provincial coinage across the eastern empire as a symbol of dynastic legitimacy and imperial continuity.
JM Bullion customer service is available to assist you at 800-276-6508 when you buy ancient coins. Alternatively, you can connect with us online through our web chat and email address.
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The bronze AE25 coins of Nisibis in Mesopotamia are fascinating and historically significant examples of Roman provincial coinage from one of the empire’s most strategically important eastern frontier cities, a major commercial and military hub on the border between Roman and Persian spheres of influence whose coins reflect the complex political and cultural dynamics of Rome’s most contested and consequential frontier zone. This AE25 Coin from Nisibis is in Choice Extremely Fine condition according to the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC). Now, Mesopotamia Nisibis Otacilia Severa AE25 Coins are available online at JM Bullion.
Coin Highlights:
These Mesopotamia Nisibis Otacilia Severa AE25 Coins arrive in Choice Extremely Fine condition, indicating a coin that is among the best examples of an Extremely Fine specimen. The design elements on this coin are well preserved for its age. As artifacts of a city that changed hands repeatedly between Roman and Sasanian Persian control across the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, Nisibis coins carry a particularly rich and layered historical significance.
The Mesopotamian Otacilia Severa AE25 Coins of Nisibis featuring the Roman Empress typically present a draped bust on the obverse, rendered in the provincial portrait style of the eastern Roman mints with the diademed, elaborately coiffed presentation appropriate to an Augusta of the imperial court, her features reflecting the idealized but increasingly individualized portrait conventions of mid-3rd-century Roman imperial art. The reverse carries the civic imagery of Nisibis, typically including the city’s name in Greek lettering alongside local divine figures.
The AE25 coins of Nisibis issued during the period associated with Otacilia Severa, wife of the emperor Philip I the Arab who ruled from 244 to 249 AD, were produced during the brief and turbulent reign of an emperor whose own Arabian origins gave the Roman imperial succession of this period a particularly diverse and geographically far-reaching character. Otacilia Severa was elevated to the rank of Augusta and appeared on provincial coinage across the eastern empire as a symbol of dynastic legitimacy and imperial continuity.
JM Bullion customer service is available to assist you at 800-276-6508 when you buy ancient coins. Alternatively, you can connect with us online through our web chat and email address.