RPC IV.2, 11211 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11211 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Priscianus (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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡΗ ΠΡΕΙϹΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Αὐρη(λίου) Πρεισκιανοῦ Κύζικη(νῶν) νεωκόρων
Translation under the strategos Aurelius Priscianus, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design emperor (Marcus Aurelius, bearded) standing, left, wearing military dress, erecting trophy, holding short sceptre; before trophy, bound female captive seated, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.34 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ Gorny 97 (11/10/1999), 745
3 3     Private coll.