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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5143145, member: 99456"]A nice find [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] - I like the the coloring and the crisp images on your coin (a fantastic Vespasian, too!). Here's a coin from the same colony issued within a year of yours:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1207227[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Marcus Opellius Macrinus</b>, 217-218 AD, Parium, Mysia, AE (22.5mm, 7.09g)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, border of dots</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Capricorn right, extending front legs to hold globe, cornucopia above back; C G I H P below, border of dots</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=106&pid=13405" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=106&pid=13405" rel="nofollow">AMC 13405</a>, RPC Online missing?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>What is the C G I H P? </b>The "H" was added for Hadrian, to recognize his generosity to the city of Parium, with the "H" added it reads <b>C</b>olonia <b>G</b>emella <b>I</b>ulia <i><b>H</b>adriana</i> <b>P</b>ariana. Gemella because Parium and Lampsacus were founded together as twin colonies (see CGIL <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2270" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2270" rel="nofollow">RPC I 2270</a>). Under Hadrian's rule, Parion saw heavy investments in construction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5143145, member: 99456"]A nice find [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] - I like the the coloring and the crisp images on your coin (a fantastic Vespasian, too!). Here's a coin from the same colony issued within a year of yours: [ATTACH=full]1207227[/ATTACH] [B]Marcus Opellius Macrinus[/B], 217-218 AD, Parium, Mysia, AE (22.5mm, 7.09g) [B]Obv:[/B] IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, border of dots [B]Rev:[/B] Capricorn right, extending front legs to hold globe, cornucopia above back; C G I H P below, border of dots [B]Ref:[/B] [URL='https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=106&pid=13405']AMC 13405[/URL], RPC Online missing? [B]What is the C G I H P? [/B]The "H" was added for Hadrian, to recognize his generosity to the city of Parium, with the "H" added it reads [B]C[/B]olonia [B]G[/B]emella [B]I[/B]ulia [I][B]H[/B]adriana[/I] [B]P[/B]ariana. Gemella because Parium and Lampsacus were founded together as twin colonies (see CGIL [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2270']RPC I 2270[/URL]). Under Hadrian's rule, Parion saw heavy investments in construction.[/QUOTE]
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