RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 92943)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 92943)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Magistrate Aurelius Sostratos (strategos) ; Kra(teros?) Basileus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΟϹ
Edition Κύζικος
Translation Cyzicus
Obverse design diademed head of hero Kyzikos (youthful), right; serpent beneath
Reverse inscription [ϹΤΡΑ ϹΩ]ϹΤΡΑΤΟΥ ΚΡΑ, ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΟΚΟ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Σωστράτου Κρα(—) Κυζικηνῶν δὶς νεοκό(ρων)
Translation of strategos Sostratos, Kra—, of the Cyzicenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design inscription in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.90 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Reading of outer ring on reverse not certain. Sostratos is not otherwise attested with the name ΚΡΑ, and the position of the legend seems strange.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ Rönesans Salzgitter 15, 5 Oct. 2024, lot 419