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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4365678, member: 75937&quot;]Here&#039;s a two-fer!</p><p><br /></p><p>Parium, Mysia, located on the Propontis, was built by the Parians but was awarded Roman colonial status by <b>Julius Caesar</b>, and given the name Julia. During the first century, the initials C.G.I.P. appear on its coins, short for <i>Colonia Gemella Julia Pariana</i>. When <b>Hadrian</b> became a benefactor and embellisher of the colony, the letter H was added, and following his reign, the coins read C.G.I.H.P. for <i>Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1103291[/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 AVG, diademed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: C. G. I. H. P., Capricorn right, cornucopiae on back; globe between legs.</p><p>Refs: <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">RPC IX, 382</a>; SNG von Aulock 7448; SGI 4408 (star instead of globe).</p><p>Notes: RPC online illustrates 11 examples of this coin, all struck with the same pair of dies; it seems that what Sear describes as a &quot;star&quot; between the capricorn&#039;s legs is that the globe is depicted with crossing bands -- the intersection of the ecliptic and the celestial equator -- and that Sear has mistaken these bands for a star.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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