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Æ21 - Valerian and Gallienus C G I H P
| Issuer | Parium (Mysia) |
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| Year | 253-260 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare or lightly draped bust of Parios, the mythical founder of the city, facing left, depicted in the manner of a heroic or divine figure. The legend PARIO CONDIT runs around the periphery of the field, identifying him as the founder of Parium. The portrait is rendered in a provincial style characteristic of mid-third-century Mysian civic coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | PARIO CONDIT |
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Parium, a Roman colony on the southern shore of the Propontis, maintained an unusually active civic mint through the joint reign of Valerian I and Gallienus — one of the more turbulent stretches of the third-century crisis, bracketed by Valerian's capture by Shapur I at Edessa in 260 AD. The colonial abbreviation C G I H P expanded as Colonia Gemella Iulia Hadriana Pariana, reflecting successive imperial honorifics layered onto the city's title over generations.