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Æ9 MVC PIC IIII I D D D
| Issuer | Parium (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 45 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field bears a Latin inscription arranged in three horizontal lines, reading MVC / PIC IIII I / D D D, rendered in bold, slightly irregular capital letters typical of Caesarian-period colonial issues. The lettering fills the entire flan with little remaining field visible. A dotted border or remnants of a beaded circle may be discerned around the periphery. The inscription records the names or titles of the magistrates (duoviri) responsible for the coin's issue, following standard Roman colonial epigraphic convention. |
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Parium, the Greek colony on the Propontis coast, held Roman colonial status early enough that its bronzes from this period reflect the administrative chaos following Caesar's assassination preparations — 45 BC places this squarely in the final year of Caesar's dictatorship, when colonial civic minting in Asia Minor operated under layers of Roman oversight that were about to collapse entirely. The reverse legend referencing the duumviri quinquennales points to a functioning colonial magistracy, but examples this small in module rarely survived casual handling.