RPC IV.2, 11197 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11197 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169, mostly c.AD 161–165 but some later
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡ[Ω]Ν (Ζ shaped as エ)
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεοκό(ρων)
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, wearing kalathos, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 27.76 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ MMAG 72 (06/10/1987), 621, obverse with traces of tooling?
2 2     Archaeological Museum of Cagliari (lost), ex private coll. Giovanni Spani = G. Spano, ‘Moneta greca di Torres’, Bullettino Archeologico Sardo 3.12 (1857), pp. 181-3 (with drawing at p. 182) = G. Giovanni, Catalogo della raccolta archeologica sarda del Can. Giovanni Spano da lui donata al R. Museo di Cagliari. Parte seconda, monete e medaglie (Cagliari, 1865), no. 218 (with drawing, same as previous); found at the ancient site of Turris Libisonis (Sardinia), apparently inside a Roman grave (perhaps due to its reverse image relating to the Underworld); probably from the same pair of dies as specimen 1, perhaps even identical with the latter (cf. similar shape)