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Ancient Coinage of Mysia, Parion

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Ashton_10cfMYSIA. Parium. Ca. 165-160 BC. Silver tetradrachm (16.88 gm). Laureate head of Apollo right / APOLLWNOS AKTAIOU PARIANWN, Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch in right hand & resting left on grounded bow, in inner left field PANW monogram above TEY monogram. Cf. Ashton et al., Some Greek coins in the British Museum, NC 1998, pl. 15, 10-11 (with altar & different monograms). Unpublished & perhaps unique. Only the fourth recorded specimen with these types. Lightly toned. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise TextImage
BMC 14Mysia, Parium. c.350 - 300 B.C. AR Hemidrachm. Gorgoneion / Bull standing left, looking back; above, monogram; below, P I and vine-leaf. TextImage
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BMC 17Mysia, Parion. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm. Bull left, head reverted; bee below / Gorgoneion facing. TextImage
BMC 23Mysia, Parion. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm. Bull standing left, head reverted; grain ear below / Gorgoneion head facing; serpents around. TextImage
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BMC 31Mysia, Parion. c4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm. Gorgoneion head; serpents around / PA-RI around, cow standing left, head reverted; patera(?) below. TextImage
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BMC 34Mysia, Parion. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.31 gm). Bull left, looking right; scallop shell below / Gorgoneion. TextImage
BMC 36Parion. Hemidrachm. Gorgoneion / Bull standing left, head turned right. TextImage
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BMC 38cfMysia, Parium AR Tetrobol. 4th century BC. PA-PI, bull standing left, head reverted, wreath under belly / gorgoneion, EP monogram above head between snakes. TextImage
BMC 69Mysia, Parion. Circa 3rd-1st Century BC. Æ 23mm. Head of Medusa facing / Eagle standing right. TextImage
McClean_7650Mysia, Parion. ca 4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm. Bull standing left, looking back; pellet in ring below PA/RI / Gorgoneion. TextImage
SG3919vParion, Mysia, AR hemidrachm. Late 4th century BC. Facing gorgon, tongue out / PA Calf standing left, head turned, PI between legs, tunny below. TextObvRev
SNGCop 256Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. ca 500-475 BC. Gorgoneion / Incuse punch with rough design. Asyut 612, Rosen 525. TextImage
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SNGCop 257Mysia, Parion. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.40 gm). Bull standing left, head reverted; oenochoe below / Gorgoneion with protruding tongue. TextImage
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SNGCop 257ffMysia, Parion. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.36 gm). Bull standing left; patera below / Gorgoneion. TextImage
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SNGCop 258Mysia, Parion. ca 4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm. Gorgoneion head facing / PA/RI, cow standing left; sickle below. SNG von Aulock 1323. TextImage
SNGvA_1319MYSIA, Parion. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.42 gm). Bull left, head reverted; PA above, PI below. BMC Mysia pg. 95, 14ff. TextImage
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SNGvA_1320Mysia, Parion. ca 4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm. PA-RI, Bull standing left on wheat ear / Gorgoneion facing. BMC 23. TextImage
SNGvA_1322Mysia, Parion. Circa 4th Century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.38 gm). Bull standing left; star below / Gorgoneion. TextImage
SNGvA_7427Mysia, Parion. ca 2nd-1st Century BC. Æ 20mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / PARI, bull butting left; monogram & caduceus below. TextImage
SNGvA_7429Mysia, Parion AE18. 350-300 BC. The Altar of Parion / PA PI, inscription in 2 lines within wreath. TextImage
Sear #3917Parion, Mysia, AR Tetrobol. c 480 BC. Facing gorgon head, with tongue protruding / Incuse square containing cruciform pattern with pellet at center.
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Sear #3918Parion, Mysia, AR Hemidrachm. Circa 480 BC. Gorgon head with protruding tongue / cruciform incuse with pellet in center.
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Sear #3919Parion, Mysia, AR Hemidrachm. 350-300 BC, Gorgonian, tongue protruding / PARI, Bull standing left, looking back. SNG VA1321.
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Sear #3920Mysia, Parion AR Hemidrachm. Bull standing left and looking back, club below / Gorgon facing with tongue sticking out. TextImage
Sear #3922Mysia, Parion AR Hemidrachm. 350-300 BC. Bull standing left looking back, star above / Gorgonian head with protruding tongue.
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Augustus
- RPC 1656

Philippi(?). Augustus Æ17 (Semis). AVG, head right / Two colonists plowing right with two oxen. BMC (Parium) 86-88.TextObvRev
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- RPC 2260

Octavian & Agrippa Æ29 Dupondius of Parion, Mysia. ca 27 BC. IMP CAESAR DIVI F C G I P, bare head right / M AGRIPPA, bare head right. BMC 85.TextObvRev
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- RPC 2262

Augustus AE24 of Parium, Mysia, c27 BC. M BARBATIO M N ACILIO II VIR C G I P Bare head of Augustus right / P VIBIO SAC CAES Q BARBA PRAEF PRO II VIR Priest plowing with two oxen.TextImage

Drusus
- SGI 341

Drusus AE20 of Parium, Mysia. DRV CAES, bare head right / two founders plowing right with yoke of two oxen. Mionnet 719, Cohen 1, RPC -.TextImage

Trajan
- _parium_AE17

Trajan & Marciana Æ17 of Parium, Mysia. TRAIANVS AVG, laureate head right / T MARCIANA AVG Confronting busts of Trajan and Marciana.TextObvRev

- _parium_AE18_Weber_5151

Mysia, Parium. Trajan, Plotina & Marciana AE 18mm. TRAIANVS AVG, laureate head of Trajan right / PLOTINA ET MARTIANA AVG, draped busts of Plotina & Marciana vis à vis. Mionnet 826.TextImage
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Antoninus Pius
- _parium_AE19_Cohen_1cf

Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius & Faustina Jr Æ 19 mm of Parium(?), Mysia. AVT P ANTONINOC AG L , laureate, draped bust of Antoninus Pius right / VERVS / ET FAVST[...], confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius on left, bare-headed and draped, Faustina Jr. on right, diademed and draped. Cf. Cohen p. 413, 1. TextImage

Valerian II
- _parion_AE20_Homonia

Mysia, Parium. Valerian Jr Æ20. VALERIAN V SNOBIC.CN (?), laureate & draped bust right / CGI HP, Homonoia standing left, holding patera & cornucopia, altar to left at feet.TextImage

Gallienus
- _parium_AE22

ORC6662 Gallienus, Parium in Mysia, AE22, AVT O GALLIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CCHIR, Capricorn right, cornucopia behind. TextObvRev

Cornelia Supera
- _parium_AE20_Vagi_2261

Cornelia Supera, AE20 of Parium, Mysia. G CORN SVPERA, diademed and draped bust right / DEO AES SVB Aesklepios seated right, helping bull, CCIHP in exergue.TextObvRev
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Parion
Ed Snible, The Gorgons of Parion
Search for Mysia, Parion at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Mysia, Parion on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Parium in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Parion at AsiaMinorCoins.com
Search for Parium in the ANS Database
Search for Parium in the RPC IV (Antonines) database at the Ashmolean Museum
Search for Parion at AncientImports.com
Search for Parion at Incitatus Coins

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