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Æ22 - Commodus ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (Ζ shaped as エ)

Features

Issuer Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus)
Emperor Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 180-186
Composition Bronze
Weight 4.03 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
550943
References RPC Online IV.2# 11230
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 (Ζ shaped as エ)

Unabridged legend: Κυζικηνῶν

Translation: of the Cyzicenes

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), VI 18 var.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (180-186) 

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