Æ42 - Commodus ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΜΕΙΔΙΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ? ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Features
| Issuer |
Cyzicus
(Conventus of Cyzicus)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 184-190 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 38.17 g |
| Diameter | 42 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 551025 |
| References | RPC Online IV.2# 755 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
Dioscuri standing, facing, heads turned towards each other, each holding spear and bridle of horse; horses facing each other; between, lighted altar
Lettering: ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΜΕΙΔΙΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ? ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Unabridged legend: 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 6c
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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© Münzkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 18265219, 1906 Löbbecke
42 mm • 38.08 g • ↑↑ 12h (see more)
42 mm • 38.08 g • ↑↑ 12h (see more)
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