Kyzikos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 19978)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 180–186 n.Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Commodus dated ca. 180–186 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19978. Obverse: Head of hero Kyzikos, right. Reverse: two lighted torches entwined by serpents.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27.1–30 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.67 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of hero Kyzikos, right.
- Reverse type
- two lighted torches entwined by serpents.
- Obverse legend
- ΚΥΖΙΚΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19978
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19978
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- 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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