RPC IV.2, 693 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 693 (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 ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ(ΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (long beard), right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟ(ΡΩΝ) (Ζ shaped as エ)
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεοκόρων Κυζικηνῶν νεοκόρων
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design calf walking, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.11 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C SNG 4160 = Leake 7692, Suppl., p. 45.6
2 2     P: 353 SNG 695
3 3     Mu: 107
4 4     A: ex coll. Soutzos SNG 1311
5 5     Stockholm SNG II.3, no. 2033, obverse as 'Commodus'
6 6     Private coll. Ralf Wöllner = Teutoburger Münzauktion 138 (13/09/2021), 700
7 7     Bursa Museum = H. Motor, Bursa, Balikesir ve Bandirma Müzelerindeki Kyzikos Sikkeleri (D. Phil. thesis, 2010), 295, no. 102
8 8     CGT coll. ex Savoca 3rd Blue London, 9 June 2019, lot 586