Kyzikos, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 17076)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161–169 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Marc Aurel dated 161–169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17076. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear. Reverse: Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, with his right hand holding the reins, with the left hand the robed Persephone. Beneath horses, flower-basket.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 35 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 26.21 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear.
- Reverse type
- Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, with his right hand holding the reins, with the left hand the robed Persephone. Beneath horses, flower-basket.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17076
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17076
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. 11195
- external concordance
Research required
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