RPC IV, 689


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/689 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.2
Number	689 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Cyzicus
Region	Mysia
City	Cyzicus
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue	Second half of reign of Marcus Aurelius: »Kyzikos«
Dating	c. 169–175, perhaps until AD 180
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ
Obverse design	bare head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls), right
Reverse inscription	ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design	lighted torch on altar, entwined by serpent and surmounted by two poppies
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	23 mm
Axis	2, 12
Reference	GRMK 43, no. 11
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	St Florian	GRMK 43, no. 11, pl. III.14 (rev.)	24			Show
2	2 ✸	L: 1979-1-1-1562	vA 7372	23	6.78	2	Show
3	3	B: 1896/1144		23	5.57	12	Show
4	4	B: (Löbb)		23	7.75	12	Show