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Grant, FITA 251, interpreted the word PARENS as indicating a parent-city, or perhaps as referring to Augustus. In view of the legend on the coins of Nero, the full reading of this coin might include CAESAREAE rather than CAESAREA (the end of the word is unclear), in which case a reference to Augustus would make good sense. This is the sort of interpretation preferred by B. Levick, op. cit., p. 196, on the basis of the epigraphic parallel parens coloniae (ILS 5336).
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