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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Mysia| > |Parium| > RP85258
Macrinus, 11 April 217 - 8 June 218 A.D., Parium, Mysia
|Parium|, |Macrinus,| |11| |April| |217| |-| |8| |June| |218| |A.D.,| |Parium,| |Mysia|, Located near Lampsacus, Parium belonged to the Delian League. In the Hellenistic period, it was in the domain of Lysimachus and then the Attalid dynasty. Julius Caesar refounded it as a colonia within the province of Asia. After Asia was divided in the 4th century, it was in the province of Hellespontus.
RP85258. Bronze AE 22, SNG BnF 1502; BMC Mysia p. 107, 111; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -; SNG Tüb -; SNG Çanakkale -; SNG Hunt -; Weber -; Lindgren -, VF, well centered and struck, light corrosion, Parium (Kemer, Canakkale, Turkey) mint, weight 6.585g, maximum diameter 22.3mm, die axis 225o, 11 Apr 217 - 8 Jun 218 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse Capricorn swimming right, holding celestial globe between legs, cornucopia on back, C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Iulia Hadriana Pariana) below; rare; SOLD










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