Kyzikos, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 22696)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161-176 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Marc Aurel dated 161-176 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22696. Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina II, right, wearing beaded ribbon and hair knot. Reverse: Galley, sailing left, on water; on board, four rowers in front of two standards.; Triton on the bow.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.17 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Faustina II, right, wearing beaded ribbon and hair knot.
- Reverse type
- Galley, sailing left, on water; on board, four rowers in front of two standards.; Triton on the bow.
- Obverse legend
- ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΚVΖΙΚΗΝ ΝΕΟΚΟ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22696
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22696
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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