RPC IV, 687


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/687 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.2
Number	687 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Cyzicus
Region	Mysia
City	Cyzicus
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating	161-169, mostly c.AD 161-165 but some later
Obverse inscription	ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design	bare head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard), r.
Reverse inscription	ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (Ζ shaped as エ)
Reverse design	Dionysus seated, l., feeding panther, resting arm on throne; (to r., tree)
Metal	Æ
Average diameter	23 mm
Axis	1, 12
Reference	BMC 224
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: BMC 224, pl. XIII.3		24	9.41	1	Show
2	2	O		24	5.83	12	Show
3	3	V: GR 16155		23	7.04	1	Show
4	4 ✸		Private collection H. I. = Nomos Obolos 21 (02/01/2022), 676	22.5	6.97	1	Show