RPC IV.2, 616 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 616 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Parium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Dating c. 161–165 or later
Obverse inscription IMP CAI(sic) MA AV ANTo
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Imp(erator) Ca{i}<e>(sar) Ma(rcus) Au(relius) Anto(ninus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (medium length beard - long beard with short curls?) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C G I H PAR
Edition colonia Gemella Iulia Hadriana Pariana c(olonia) G(emella) I(ulia) H(adriana) Par(iana)
Translation the Julian twin colony of Hadrianic Parium
Reverse design Ceres/Demeter advancing, right, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.54 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 967 SNG 1478 = Wa 934
3 3     V-ON Leypold I, no. 382, wrongly illustrating reverse of 383 = G. Hirsch 165 (14/02/1990), 820
4 4     Naville Numismatics 97 (10/08/2025), 223
5 5     Private coll. CGT