Kyzikos, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 17049)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
147–161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Antoninus Pius dated 147–161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17049. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of lightly bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dionysus seated facing, head right, on panther advancing right, holding thyrsus in left arm, resting right arm on panther.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 23 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.72 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of lightly bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus seated facing, head right, on panther advancing right, holding thyrsus in left arm, resting right arm on panther.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17049
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17049
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
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