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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8049746, member: 75937"]You might be interested in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pisidian-antioch.363614/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pisidian-antioch.363614/">this thread</a> from last year about Pisidian Antioch and Mên. I have a couple of coins depicting the god from different cities in Pisidia but I believe <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coins-of-pisidian-antioch-and-parlais-struck-at-the-same-mint.366243/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coins-of-pisidian-antioch-and-parlais-struck-at-the-same-mint.366243/">they were struck at a centralized mint</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-parlais-men-standing-right-jpg.1170287/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 21.3 mm, 5.15 g, 7 h.</p><p>Pisidia, Parlais, AD 193-196?</p><p>Obv: IVLIA-DOMNA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: IVL AVG C-OL PARLAIS, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, left foot on bucranium, holding spear and pinecone; behind his shoulders, crescent.</p><p>Refs: BMC 21.11, 3; SNG von Aulock 5137 (same obv. die).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-antioch-in-pisidia-men-jpg.1147537/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ 35 mm, 26.72 g, 6 h.</p><p>Pisidia, Antioch, AD 238-244.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear.</p><p>Rev: COL CAES ANTIOCH, S-R, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding sceptre and Victory (standing r., on globe, holding trophy), resting elbow on column; behind his shoulders, crescent; to l., rooster standing, l.</p><p>Refs: RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3431" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3431" rel="nofollow">3431</a>); Krzyżanowska XXII/94; BMC xix.187, 70.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8049746, member: 75937"]You might be interested in [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pisidian-antioch.363614/']this thread[/URL] from last year about Pisidian Antioch and Mên. I have a couple of coins depicting the god from different cities in Pisidia but I believe [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coins-of-pisidian-antioch-and-parlais-struck-at-the-same-mint.366243/']they were struck at a centralized mint[/URL]. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-parlais-men-standing-right-jpg.1170287/[/IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman provincial Æ 21.3 mm, 5.15 g, 7 h. Pisidia, Parlais, AD 193-196? Obv: IVLIA-DOMNA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: IVL AVG C-OL PARLAIS, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, left foot on bucranium, holding spear and pinecone; behind his shoulders, crescent. Refs: BMC 21.11, 3; SNG von Aulock 5137 (same obv. die). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-antioch-in-pisidia-men-jpg.1147537/[/IMG] Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman Provincial Æ 35 mm, 26.72 g, 6 h. Pisidia, Antioch, AD 238-244. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear. Rev: COL CAES ANTIOCH, S-R, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding sceptre and Victory (standing r., on globe, holding trophy), resting elbow on column; behind his shoulders, crescent; to l., rooster standing, l. Refs: RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3431']3431[/URL]); Krzyżanowska XXII/94; BMC xix.187, 70.[/QUOTE]
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