RPC IV.2, 9167 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 9167 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Meidias (strategos and asiarch)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΜΕΙΔΙΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Μειδίου ἀσιάρχου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of strategos Aurelius Meidias, asiarch, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated, left, on lion walking, right, Cybele's head, right, holding tympanum, resting arm on lion's head; around, three helmeted female figures, each brandishing spear and holding shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 41.21 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb, obverse lightly double struck
2 2     Florence: Inv. 35726/11 S. Bani, M. Benci and A. Vanni, I Medaglioni Provinciali e i Contorniati Romani nelle raccolte del Monetiere del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze. Vol. II (Florence, 2012), 24, no. 16, misreading the name of the 'magistrate' as 'Α[ΥΡ]ΗΛΙΟΥ' = Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 16, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin