Parion Bronze Coin of Caracalla with Genius Reverse

Founded in 709 B.C., the ancient city of Parion is the present day town of Kemer in Canakkale province of Turkey. In Roman times it was a major coastal city and trading port with two harbours. Parion enjoyed strong relations with Thrace and Anatolia throughout history and it was the main customs station through which all goods bound for Istanbul from Greece and the Aegean had to pass. A local city-coinage system was introduced by the ancient Greeks and continued through to Roman times with coins being issued in the name of the emperor. We have recently bought a small parcel of bronze coins (AE21) minted in Parion between AD 198-235, issued by the emperors Caracalla, Elagabalus and Severus Alexander. There are three main reverse designs used on the coins, a Capricorn, a she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus and the Roman god Genius. We are offering here the coins with Genius from the reign of Caracalla, the Genius was very much like a guardian angel of the Romans and would follow each man from the hour of his birth until the day he died. The coins are off ered in About Very Fine Condition. PLEASE NOTE: PHOTOGRAPHY IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COIN SUPPLIED