RPC IV, 788


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	IV.2
Number	788 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Cyzicus
Region	Mysia
City	Cyzicus
Reign	Commodus
Issue	'Pseudo-autonomous': First half of reign of Commodus (Kore Soteira)
Dating	c. 180–186
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	corn-wreathed and draped bust of Kore Soteira (head assimilated to portrait of Faustina II?), right
Reverse inscription	ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Edition	Κυζικηνῶν
Translation	of the Cyzicenes
Reverse design	in laurel wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	2.88 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), VI 24d
Specimens	6 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	Mu: 49a		18	3.27	6	Show
2	2 ✸	P: 383	SNG 592	18	2.93	6	Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.42812		17	2.50	12	Show
4	4	NY: 1988.18.41	Lindgren III, 235	18	2.33	6	Show
5	5		Private coll. CGT	18	3.08	6	Show
6	6		Private coll. CGT	20	3.18	6	Show