Æ44 - Commodus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤ ΝΑΙΒ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ

Features

Issuer	Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	180-182
Composition	Bronze
Weight	32.92 g
Diameter	44 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 550873
References	RPC Online IV.2# 745 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear

Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus

Reverse

Demeter (or Kore?) with long torch standing in biga drawn by centaurs, right, one centaur holding pedum, the other patera; to left, Liknophoros standing, right, resting on staff; to right, Eros advancing, right; behind, Maenad with tympanum and Pan playing double flute

Lettering: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤ ΝΑΙΒ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚ ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ

Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ναιβίου Κυίντου Κυζικηνῶν Σμυρναίων ὁμόνοια

Translation: under strategos Naevius Quintus, concord of the Cyzicenes and Smyrnaeans

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

Franke & Nollé 1039–40, BMC 294, D. Salgado, OMNI 9 (2015), pp. 177–8 (Tipo III)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (180-182)

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