RPC IV.2, 10163 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 10163 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Severus (strategos)
Issue Second half of reign of Marcus Aurelius: »Kyzikos«
Dating c. 169–175, perhaps until AD 180
Obverse inscription ΑΥ [ΚΑΙ] Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΤΙ ΚΛ ϹΕΒΗΡοΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗ ΝΕοΚοΡ
Reverse design to left, emperor (Marcus Aurelius, bearded) standing, facing, head, right, wearing military dress, holding spear, sword and paludamentum; to right, Nike standing, left, crowning emperor, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Auctiones 17 (07/07/1988), 338, pl. 16 = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (21/10/2004), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 499
2 2     Private coll. CGT, ex Savoca Numismatik, worn