RPC IV, 3045


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3045 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.2
Number	3045 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Cyzicus
Region	Mysia
City	Cyzicus
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue	Second half of reign of Marcus Aurelius: »Kyzikos«
Dating	c. 169–175, perhaps until AD 180
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design	bare head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls), right
Reverse inscription	ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (Ζ shaped as エ)
Reverse design	lighted torch on altar, entwined by serpent and surmounted by two poppies (on altar, two additional poppies)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	6, 12
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	G: II, 269, no. 32, pl. 47.16 (rev.)	SNG I, no. 1215	23	6.54	12	Show
2	2	B: 1901/691, on reverse two additional poppies on altar		23	8.17	6	Show
3	3	V-ON	Leypold I, no. 348	25	6.75	12	Show
4	4		G. Hirsch 155 (23/09/1987), 620	25			Show