RPC VI, 30526 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30526 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΚΟΡΗ ϹΩΤΕΙΡΑ
Edition Κόρη Σωτεῖρα
Translation Kore Soteira
Obverse design draped bust of Kore Soteira wearing wreath of corn ears, right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ / ΝΕΟΚΟΡ/ΩΝ / ΚΛΗΡΟϹ ΚΟΡΗ Ο (?) ΙϹΟΠΥΘΙΟϹ
Edition Κυζικηνῶν δὶς νεοκόρων κλῆρος Κόρη ὁ Ἰσοπύθιος
Translation of the Cyzicenes, twice neocorate, lot(?), Kore, the Isopythian (contest)
Reverse design agonistic crown on table with curved legs and amphora beneath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.98 g
Axis 6
Reference von Fritze, Autonome VI.50
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Following von Fritze's general remarks, the type is usually assigned to the period of Valerian and Gallienus. But there is no particular reason to date the type to that period (and the Kore looks very different from the ones definitely of that period, and  the close similarity with https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/82136 suggests a date in the reign of Severus Alexander. Cyzicus held a second neocorate in his reign, as it did later under Valerian and Gallienus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 3112 von Fritze, Autonome VI.50, pl. VI.43 (only obverse) = SNG 619
    ✸ CNG EA 333, 20 Aug. 2014, lot 176