Prymnessus, Prymnessos, Prymnesus or Prymnesos was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. It was the see of a Christian bishop. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Its site is located near Sülün in Asiatic Turkey.
Its site is located near Sülün in Asiatic Turkey.
Modern location: Sülün, Turkey
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Nero
An
AE
unit
struck 63-68 AD
in
Prymnessus
Obverse: laureate head right; ΝΕΡΩΝΑ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ ΠΡΥΜΝΗΣΣΙΣ
Reverse: Dikaiosyne standing half left, holding scales and two ears of corn; ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΠΡΟΚΛΟΥ
Diameter:
20.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.7 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.7 g
Ti Ioulios Proklos, magistrate
RPC I, 3207; vA Phryg. II, 1022–31