Kyzikos, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 17065)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
147–169 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Antoninus Pius dated 147–169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17065. Obverse: Diademed head of hero Kyzikos, right. Reverse: Hermes stands naked, to right, seen from rear, with a chlamys over his left shoulder. In his right hand, he holds the caduceus over a decorated and burning altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.72 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed head of hero Kyzikos, right.
- Reverse type
- Hermes stands naked, to right, seen from rear, with a chlamys over his left shoulder. In his right hand, he holds the caduceus over a decorated and burning altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΚVΖΙΚΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17065
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17065
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 bibliographyp. 15, nr. 1g
- external concordance
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution