RPC IV.2, 747 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 747 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Magistrate Naevius Quintus Maximus (strategos)
Alliance with Smyrna
Issue ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΚΟΡΗ ϹΩΤΕΙΡΑ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Obverse design corn-wreathed and draped bust of Kore Soteira (head assimilated to portrait of Faustina II?) wearing necklace, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΝΑΙΒ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Demeter advancing, facing, holding torch in each hand; between the two Nemeses of Smyrna, one with sceptre and wheel, the other with cubit and bridle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 45 mm
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1028–9, H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), VI 6m, D. Salgado, OMNI 9 (2015), p. 177 (Tipo II)
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Boston: 64.1332 vA 1252
2 2     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1544 SNG vA 7364 = Bank Leu 18 (05/05/1977), 175 = Franke & Nollé 1028, pl. 46
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 147 (06/03/2006), 1828 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 5 (14/05/2012), 582