RPC IV.2, 17373 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 17373 (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
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 ΤΙ ΚΛ [ϹΕ]ΒΗΡοΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕοΚοΡ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Τι(βερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Σεβήρου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation under the strategos Tiberius Claudius Severus, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design Attis reclining on cushions, left, legs tied, holding patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 26.86 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Florence Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 10, both sides tooled, obverse legend changed to 'ΑΥΤ Κ Μ [Α]VΡ ΑΝΤΟΝƐΙΝΟϹ(sic) Ϲ'