RPC IV.2, 11249 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11249 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Kore Soteira
Dating c. 192
Obverse inscription ΚΟΡΗ ϹΩΤΕΙ[Ρ]Α ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Edition Κόρη Σώτειρα Κυζικηηνῶν
Translation Kore Soteira, of the Cyzicenes
Obverse design corn-wreathed and draped bust of Kore Soteira (head assimilated to portrait of Faustina II?), right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing in biga drawn by panthers, left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus; behind, Pan advancing, left, head, right, raising arm, holding pedum; to left, Liknophoros walking, left, holding staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 33.17 g
Reference H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), VI —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Numismatica Genevensis 5 (03/12/2008), 106 = Nomos 5 (25/10/2011), 177, both sides with signs of tooling