RPC IV.2, 741 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 741 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 192
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΙ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ΕΥ ΡΩΜ ΗΡΑΚΛΗϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αἴ(λιος) Κόμμοδος Εὐ(σεβὴς) Ῥωμ(αῖος) Ἡρακλῆς
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aelius Commodus Pius Roman Heracles
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long and wide beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing in biga drawn by panthers, left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus; behind, Pan advancing, left, head, right, raising arm, holding pedum; to left, Liknophoros walking, left, holding staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 43.51 g
Axis 12
Reference GM 615, no. 170
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Fox) GM 615, no. 170, pl. VII.4 (rev.)
2 2     Ex private coll. C. Fontana = C. Fontana, RIN 68 (1966), 35, no. 5, pl. I.5 = Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 717, pl. 29