RPC IV, 574


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/574 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.2
Number	574 (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
Obverse design	diademed head of hero Kyzikos (youthful), right
Reverse inscription	ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design	two lighted torches entwined by serpents; between, lighted altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Axis	1, 2
Reference	H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), V 24b
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	O		30	10.22	1	Show
2	2	NY: 1912.60.15, obverse worn		28	8.57	2	Show
3	3	G: II, 267, no. 20	SNG I, no. 1212	28	8.36	2	Show
4	4		Paul-Francis Jacquier 23 (Autumn 1999), 324	28	8.55		Show