RPC IV.2, 744 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 744 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Magistrate Naevius Quintus Maximus (strategos)
Alliance with Smyrna
Issue ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΚΟΡΗ ϹΩΤΕΙΡΑ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Obverse design corn-wreathed and draped bust of Kore Soteira (head assimilated to portrait of Faustina II?) wearing necklace, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤ ΝΑΙΒ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Demeter (or Kore?) with long torch standing in biga drawn by centaurs, right, one centaur holding pedum, the other patera; to left, Liknophoros standing, right, resting on staff; to right, Eros advancing, right; behind, Maenad with tympanum and Pan playing double flute
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1032–6A, H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), VI 6i, BMC 293, GM 614, no. 169, D. Salgado, OMNI 9 (2015), pp. 176–7 (Tipo I)
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 293
2 2     ✸ P: 392 (Medaillon) SNG 569 = GM 614, no. 169, pl. VII.3 (rev.) = Franke & Nollé 1032, pl. 47 (rev.)
3 3     B: (Fox)
4 4     Stockholm SNG II.3, no. 2030
5 5     Finarte 995 (26/11/1996), 964, ex coll. Fontana
6 6     C