RPC IV.2, 544 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 544 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': First half of reign of Commodus (hero Kyzikos)
Dating c. 180–186
Obverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΟϹ
Edition Κύζικος
Translation Cyzicus
Obverse design diademed head of hero Kyzikos (youthful), right
Reverse inscription Υ]ΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεοκό(ρων)
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design nude Zeus advancing, right, brandishing thunderbolt, holding eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Reference H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), V 11a
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Modena Museum = H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), V 11a, pl. IV.1 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin