Kyzikos, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 17101)
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 17101. 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 mean weight
- 7 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 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
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17101
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17101
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. 690
- external concordance
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution