Kyzikos, Valerian I., bronze (CN type 22712)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Valerian I., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22712. Obverse: Laureate bust of Valerian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: two lighted torches entwined by serpents.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 24.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.51 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Valerian I.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Valerian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- two lighted torches entwined by serpents.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΟVΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22712
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22712
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
- Documented
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
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