Parlais


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Parlais, a city of Lycaonia, and a Roman colony.  As its coins are very rare, Eckhel has arranged them according to the age in which they were first issued.  The colonial imperial are from Marcus Aurelius to Maximinus.  The colonial have the Latin legends, viz., IVL AVG COL PARLAIS.  No imperial issues were minted at Parlais.

Vaillant not only gives no coins of Parlais, but seems to deny the existence of such a city in ancient Lycaonia, and considers a coin which Hardouin ascribes to Parlais to belong to Parium.

Three coins in the ANS database are attributed to Parlais: ANS Database - Parlais.

Haym, in his Thesaurs Britannicus [ii. t. 6. 39. fig. 8] gives a medal of Julia Domna, with the legend IVL. AVG. COL. PARLAIS. and the type of the god Mensis wearing the Phrygian cap; and Gessner and Eckhel repeat it in their catalogues. 

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