Kyzikos, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 17936)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Elagabal dated 218-222 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17936. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Two lighted torches entwined by serpents; between, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27.4 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.72 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Two lighted torches entwined by serpents; between, altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝЄΟΚΟ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17936
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17936
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
Research required
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