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İkonion - Claudioconium - Colonia Aelia Hadriana
When the Persians under Shapur I invaded Mesopotamia in early 243 AD, Gordian III opened the doors of the Temple of Janus for the very last time in Roman history, and sent an enormous army to the east. The Sassanids were driven back over the Euphrates and finally defeated in the Battle of Resaena which took place near Ceylanpinar, in south-eastern Turkey.
This unique and remarkable adventus [arrival] issue of Iconium, identifiable by the harpa of Perseus an emblem of the city of Iconium.
When the Persians under Shapur I invaded Mesopotamia in early 243 AD, Gordian III opened the doors of the Temple of Janus for the very last time in Roman history, and sent an enormous army to the east. The Sassanids were driven back over the Euphrates and finally defeated in the Battle of Resaena which took place near Ceylanpinar, in south-eastern Turkey.
This unique and remarkable adventus [arrival] issue of Iconium, identifiable by the harpa of Perseus an emblem of the city of Iconium.