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MAIASP. 2024. No. 16
Vedat Keleş (Samsun,
Turkey), Fatma Kızılyalçın Oyarçin (Erzurum, Turkey)
Roman provincial coins found in the excavations of
the Slope Bath
of Parion (2008—2018)
DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2024.61.25.034
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Pages: 697—724
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This
article focuses on the Roman provincial coins found during the excavations of
the Parion Slope Bath between 2008 and 2018. A total of 58 coins
were discovered, which belonged to Parion (41),
Alexandria Troas (7), Coela (6), Lampsakos (2), Byzantion (1),
and Ilion (1). The earliest of the coins
dates to the reign of Julius Caesar (45 BCE), and the latest to the reign of Gallienus (253—268
CE). Seven of the coins are Pseudo-Autonomous. The coins found in the
excavations of the Slope Bath represent three centuries, from the first Roman
colonial coins minted by Parion during the reign of
Julius Caesar to the end of the Gallienian period,
when Parion minted its last colonial coins. The
coins consist of examples of six different cities and 19 different
emperors/empresses. Most of the coins are from Parion’s
own mint, with 41 samples (71%). Furthermore, the coins recovered from the
Slope Bath, which was built in the 1st century CE, underwent
extensive renovation in the 4th century CE and is assumed to have
fallen into disuse in the late 5th century CE, support the
suggestions for the construction and early use phases of the bath. The coins
in question also provide essential information about both the usage phases of
the building and the circulation of Roman provincial coins in Parion, as well as the relations of Parion
with the surrounding cities during the Roman Period..
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