RPC IV.2, 677 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 677 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Hestiaios II (hipparches)
Issue Group 3
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΕϹΤΙΑΙΟΥ Β ΙΠΠΑΡΧΕ ΚΥΖΙ ΝΕΟΚ (Ζ shaped as エ)
Reverse design two decorated altars surmounted by baskets on bars; in baskets, branches and stick surmounted with crescent and star; each basket supported by three men handling bars; two men standing on bars, holding torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference KM 25, no. 13
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B KM 25, no. 13, pl. I.24 (rev.)
2 2     Çanakkale: Inv. 1009 SNG Turkey 3.I, no. 48