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Æ22 - Elagabalus C G I H P
| Issuer | Parium (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Maesa facing right, with diademed and elaborately coiffed hair arranged in waves and gathered at the nape. The effigy is rendered in the typical provincial Roman style, with layered drapery visible at the shoulder. The encircling Latin legend runs around the bust within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | IVLIA MAESA AVS (sic) |
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Parium, the Roman colony on the southern Marmara coast, retained its colonial coinage privileges well into the Severan period — an unusual continuity for a city whose political importance had declined sharply since Augustus refounded it. Under Elagabalus, the colony struck a notably small volume of bronzes, and the Adramyteum conventus issues from this reign are among the thinner represented in major collections. The emperor's four-year reign ended with his murder by the Praetorian Guard in March 222, leaving several provincial minting programs mid-cycle.