RPC IV.2, 758 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 758 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Commodus (Kore Soteira)
Dating c. 180–192, some possibly earlier
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 ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design circular building with closed gate; on roof, three statues of Demeter carrying torches; building between two large torches entwined by serpents
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Axis 6
Reference H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), VI 6f, GRMK 42, no. 4, D. Salgado, OMNI 9 (2015), p. 179 (Tipo IX)
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Milan: coll. Brera GRMK 42, no. 4, pl. III.9 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ P: 388 (Medaillon) SNG 564
3 3     Frank Sternberg 11 (20/11/1981), 259 = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 11 (07/11/2002), 52 = Baldwin's, Dmitry Markov and M & M Numismatics - The New York Sale 7 (15/01/2004), 216
4 4     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 20 (10/10/2006), 193