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Æ42 - Commodus ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ

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Issuer Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus)
Emperor Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 180-192
Composition Bronze
Weight 35.00 g
Diameter 42 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
550984
References RPC Online IV.2# 2895
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

Athena seated, left, feeding serpent entwined around olive-tree from patera; with shield leaning against throne

Lettering: ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ

Translation: of the Cyzicenes, neocorate

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), VI 7

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