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Æ20 - Commodus ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ

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Issuer Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus)
Emperor Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 180-186
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.29 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
550944
References RPC Online IV.2# 781
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Corn-wreathed and draped bust of Kore Soteira (head assimilated to portrait of Faustina II?), right

Lettering: ΚΟΡΗ ϹΩΤΙΡΑ(sic)

Unabridged legend: Κόρη Σωτήρα

Translation: Kore Soteira

Reverse

Eagle standing on palm-branch, left, head, right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak

Lettering: ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ

Translation: of the Cyzicenes

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), VI 21, BMC 179

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Æ20 - Commodus (ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ20 - Commodus (ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ)
© Münzkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 18265228, 1901/803
19 mm3.26 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ20 - Commodus (ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ20 - Commodus (ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ)
© Münzkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 18265227, 1906 Löbbecke
20 mm3.55 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ20 - Commodus (ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ20 - Commodus (ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ)
© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
20 mm2.94 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ20 - Commodus (ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ20 - Commodus (ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ)
© British Museum, BMC 179, pl. XI.3
20 mm3.34 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ20 - Commodus (ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ20 - Commodus (ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ)
© American Numismatic Society (ANS), 1944.100.42810
20 mm4.26 g 6h (see more)
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