Kyzikos, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 17022)
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 17022. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Lighted torch on altar, entwined by serpent (and surmounted by two poppies and two ears of corn).
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 23 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.69 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Lighted torch on altar, entwined by serpent (and surmounted by two poppies and two ears of corn).
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΒΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17022
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17022
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. 685
- external concordance
Research required
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