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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/527 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 527 (temporary) |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Cyzicus |
Region | Mysia |
City | Cyzicus |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Issue | 'Pseudo-autonomous': Second half of reign of Marcus Aurelius (»Kyzikos«) |
Dating | c. 169–175, perhaps until AD 180 |
Obverse inscription | ΚΥΖΙΚΟϹ |
Edition | Κύζικος |
Translation | Cyzicus |
Obverse design | diademed head of hero Kyzikos (youthful), right |
Reverse inscription | ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡ(ΩΝ) |
Edition | Κυζικηνῶν νεοκόρων |
Translation | of the Cyzicenes, neocorate |
Reverse design | nude Zeus advancing, right, brandishing thunderbolt, holding eagle |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 30 mm |
Average weight | 12.03 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), V 6a, BMC 180, Cop 87 |
Specimens | 3 (3 in the core collections) |