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IV.2, 3072 (temporary)
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3072
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Volume
IV.2
Number
3072 (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
Α
Υ
ΚΑΙ Μ Α
Υ
ΡΗΛΙΟ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition
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
[
Ε
ΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤ] ΝΑΙΒ Κ
Υ
ΙΝΤο
Υ
ΜΑΞΙΜο
Υ
Κ
Υ
ΖΙΚΟϹ ϹΜ
Υ
ΡΝΑ οΜοΝοΙΑ (Ϲ shaped as Ζ)
Reverse design
to left, hero Kyzikos standing, right, chlamys over shoulder, holding spear; to right, Amazon Smyrna standing, left, holding holding double axe and pelta; both clasping hands
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
43 mm
Average weight
32.29 g
Axis
12
Reference
Franke & Nollé 1041, D. Salgado,
OMNI
9 (2015), p. 178 (Tipo VIII)
Specimens
3 (0 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
Boston: 1977.602
vA 7376 = Auctiones 7 (07/07/1977), 376 = Franke & Nollé 1041, pl. 47
42.5
32.29
12
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2
2
G. Hirsch 236 (23/09/2004), 2359, worn
44
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3
3
Gotha
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