Septimius Severus AE31 of Philippopolis, Thrace Roman Provincial 193-211 AD Copper Coin Aged with Oxidized Patina Museum Reproduction CRP0015

Philippopolis is Plovdiv, Bulgaria today. A Neolithic settlement dating around 4000 B.C. establishes Plovdiv as among the world’s oldest cities. It was a walled Thracian city called Eumolpias when it was conquered by Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. He renamed it Philippopolis. When it regained independence, the new Thracian name was Pulpudeva. In Latin it was sometimes called Trimontium (City of Three Hills). An important crossroads in the Roman Empire, it became the capital of Roman Thracia. The city became a Neokoros city (neocorate) during the reign of Elagabalus.
DESIGN:
Obverse side
Laureate head right
Legend:
AYT K Λ CEΠT CEYHΡOC Π

Reverse side
Hygeia standing left, feeding serpent from patera
Legend:
MHTΡO ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEΩC

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