Æ44 - Commodus ΕΠΙ? ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡΗ ΜΕΙΔΙΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (perhaps abbreviated) ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Features
| Issuer |
Cyzicus
(Conventus of Cyzicus)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 184-190 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 36.25 g |
| Diameter | 44 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 551024 |
| References | RPC Online IV.2# 754 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
To left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; between, Telesphorus standing, facing
Lettering: ΕΠΙ? ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡΗ ΜΕΙΔΙΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (perhaps abbreviated) ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Μειδίου ἀσιάρχου Κυζικηνῶν νεοκόρων
Translation: under strategos Aurelius Meidias, asiarch of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Mint
Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, TurkeyComments
H. von Fritze, Nomisma 10 (1917), VI 6b
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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