Æ42 - Commodus ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Features
| Issuer |
Cyzicus
(Conventus of Cyzicus)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 180-192 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 37.27 g |
| Diameter | 42 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 550979 |
| References | RPC Online IV.2# 757 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?) wearing necklace, right
Lettering: ΚΟΡΗ ϹΩΤΕΙΡΑ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Translation: Kore Soteira, of the Cyzicenes
Reverse
In centre, Attis reclining on cushions, left, legs tied, holding patera; behind, tree; to left, emperor or hero Kyzikos standing, right, in military dress, holding patera and spear; to right, man playing lyre, left; in exergue, bull walking, left, towards altar
Lettering: ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Translation: of the neocorate Cyzicenes
Mint
Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, TurkeyComments
H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), VI 6e, H. von Fritze, Nomisma 4 (1909), 33, no. 4, BMC 175
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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© Münzkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 18200848, 1906 Löbbecke
42 mm • 40.93 g • ↑↑ 2h (see more)
42 mm • 40.93 g • ↑↑ 2h (see more)
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