RPC IV.2, 11221 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11221 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Naevius Quintus Maximus (strategos)
Alliance with Smyrna
Issue ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ] ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΝΑΙΒ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Demeter advancing, facing, holding torch in each hand; between the two Nemeses of Smyrna, one with sceptre and wheel, the other with cubit and bridle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Reference Franke & Nollé 1043
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Italo Vecchi 1 (01/02/1996), 867 (illustrated) = Franke & Nollé 1043, pl. 47 (obv.)