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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7914598, member: 75937&quot;]Fun idea for a thread and nice coins, [USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>The capricorn was the emblem of the city of Parium in Mysia, so many of the coins from this town have a capricorn on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367340[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cornelia Supera, wife of Aemelian, Augusta, 253 CE.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 20.5mm, 3.78 g, 7 h.</p><p>Mysia, Parium, AD 253.</p><p>Obv: G CORN SUPERA, diademed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: C. G. I. H. P., Capricorn right, cornucopiae on back; globe between legs.</p><p>Refs: RPC IX, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/382" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/382" rel="nofollow">382</a>; Sear <i>GI</i> 4408; SNG Von Aulock 7448.</p><p>Notes: Sear describes as a star, but his <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/19245" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/19245" rel="nofollow">exemplar</a> in the British Museum depicts a globe with an <a href="https://wgs.cc/celator/molnar.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wgs.cc/celator/molnar.pdf" rel="nofollow">equinoctial cross</a>, giving it the appearance of a star.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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