Kyzikos, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 17010)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138–142 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Antoninus Pius dated 138–142 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17010. Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: To left, nude hero Ephesos standing, right; to right, nude hero Kyzikos standing, left, holding spear with left hand; both with chlamys over shoulder and clasping hands.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 35 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 23.94 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- To left, nude hero Ephesos standing, right; to right, nude hero Kyzikos standing, left, holding spear with left hand; both with chlamys over shoulder and clasping hands.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟϹ ЄϹΤΙΑΙΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΟϹ ЄΦЄϹΟϹ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17010
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17010
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 9685
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution