RPC IV.2, 2909 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2909 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Naevius Quintus Maximus (strategos)
Alliance with Smyrna
Issue ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιο(ς) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΝΑΙΒ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ναίβιου Κυίντου Κυζικηνῶν Σμυρναίων ὁμόνοια ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Ναίβ(ιου) Κυίντου Κυζικηνῶν Σμυρναίων ὁμόνοια
Translation under strategos Naevius Quintus, concord of the Cyzicenes and Smyrnaeans
Reverse design Demeter advancing, facing, holding torch in each hand; between the two Nemeses of Smyrna, one with sceptre and wheel, the other with cubit rule and bridle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 46 mm
Average weight 37.47 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1042, D. Salgado, OMNI 9 (2015), p. 178 (Tipo IV)
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lindgren III, 250 = E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 147, pl. 9 = CNG 35 (20/09/1995), 1078