RPC IV.2, 3045 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls), right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (Ζ shaped as エ)
Edition Κυζικηνῶν
Translation of the Cyzicenes
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
Average weight 7.15 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G: II, 269, no. 32, pl. 47.16 (rev.) SNG I, no. 1215
2 2     B: 1901/691, on reverse two additional poppies on altar
3 3     V-ON Leypold I, no. 348
4 4     G. Hirsch 155 (23/09/1987), 620