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 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 νεοκό(ρων)
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design calf walking, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.23 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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