Kyzikos, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 17020)
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 17020. Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in her right hand from patera in her outstretched left; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting his right hand on serpent-staff.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.18 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in her right hand from patera in her outstretched left; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting his right hand on serpent-staff.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17020
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17020
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. 9686
- external concordance
Research required
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