★ The Altar of Parius ★

MYSIA. Parium. Commodus (177-192). Ae.

Obv: IMP [...] AVR COMMODVS AVG.
Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: C G I H PAR.
The Altar of Parius: Facing altar between two columns surmounted quadriga and statue of the hero Parius.

RPC IV online -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG France -; BMC -; cf. Price & Trell 214-5 (for a similar rev. of Gallienus); Asia Minor Coins online -; apparently unpublished.

Extremely rare

Condition: Very fine.

Weight: 13.52 g.
Diameter: 33 mm.