RPC IV.2, 745 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 745 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Naevius Quintus Maximus (strategos)
Alliance with Smyrna
Issue ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ [Μ ΑΥΡΗ]ΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤ ΝΑΙΒ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατ(ηγοῦ) Ναίβ(ιου) Κύϊντου Κυζικ(ηνῶν) Σμυρναί(ων) ὁμόνοια
Translation under the strategos Naevius Quintus, concord of the Cyzicenes and Smyrnaeans
Reverse design Demeter (or Kore?) with long torch standing in biga drawn by centaurs, right, one centaur holding pedum, the other patera; to left, Liknophoros standing, right, resting on staff; to right, Eros advancing, right; behind, Maenad with tympanum and Pan playing double flute
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 32.92 g
Axis 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1039–40, BMC 294, D. Salgado, OMNI 9 (2015), pp. 177–8 (Tipo III)
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 294, pl. XV.5 (rev.), obverse worn
2 2     ✸ B: ex coll. Dannenberg