Æ41 - Caracalla ΑΡΧ ΑΙΛ ΟΝΗϹΙΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑ, ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ

Features

Issuer	Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus)
Emperor	Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	198-217
Composition	Bronze
Weight	35.27 g
Diameter	41 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 551204
References	RPC Online V.2# 44 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.2 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Bithynia-Pontus and Asia. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with aegis and gorgoneion on cuirass, holding sceptre with right hand

Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Two temples with eight columns, side by side

Lettering: ΑΡΧ ΑΙΛ ΟΝΗϹΙΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑ, ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ

Unabridged legend: ἄρχοντος Αἰλίου Ὀνησιφόρου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνείνια Κυζικηνῶν βʹ νεοκόρων

Translation: of archon Aelius Onesiphoros, Aurelian Antoniniana, of the Cyzicenes, twice neocorate

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

SNG vA 7378

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (198-217)

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