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Æ23 - Severus Alexander C G I H P
| Issuer | Parium (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A capricorn, the zodiacal emblem emblematic of Augustus and adopted by later emperors as a dynastic symbol, strides to the right within a dotted border. The creature, depicted with its characteristic goat foreparts and fish tail, holds a globe beneath its body. Above the capricorn, a cornucopia issues from the upper field, symbolising abundance and imperial prosperity. The colonial abbreviation legend C G I H P appears in the exergue and lower field, identifying the issuing colony. The reverse design is boldly struck and well-centred within the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Parion, a Roman colony on the Propontis established under Julius Caesar and refounded under Augustus, retained its colonial coinage privileges well into the Severan period. The city's coins consistently advertise its colonial status — a point of civic pride that distinguished Parion from the many non-colonial Greek cities issuing bronze in the same conventus. Severus Alexander's reign saw a broad continuation of Severan colonial bronze production across Asia Minor, though the administrative reorganization of the Adramyteum conventus under his predecessors had already consolidated which cities retained minting rights.