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Æ23 - Marcus Aurelius ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟ

Features

Issuer Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 175-177
Composition Bronze
Weight 6.97 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
550817
References RPC Online IV.2# 17352
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from rear

Lettering: Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ? [

Unabridged legend: Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ ---

Translation: Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar [---]

Reverse

Lighted torch on altar, entwined by serpent and surmounted by two poppies; at base, two ears of corn

Lettering: ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟ

Unabridged legend: Κυζικηνῶν νεοκόρων

Translation: of the Cyzicenes, neocorate

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

J. Scholz, NZ 33 (1901), 34, no. 53 corr.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (175-177) 

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