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Æ18 - Commodus ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 180-186 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Kore Soteira, possibly assimilated to the portrait of Faustina II, her head turned to the right and adorned with a wreath of grain ears (corona spicea), rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of Mysian civic coinage of the Antonine period. The effigy is depicted with soft, rounded facial features and a modest drapery visible at the shoulder. No legend appears on the obverse field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ |
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Cyzicus was one of the wealthiest cities in Mysia and retained the right to strike bronze civic coinage well into the imperial period — a privilege tied directly to the city's long history of financial autonomy, most famously expressed through its earlier electrum staters. The civic bronzes of Commodus's reign from this mint are modestly common but rarely discussed, falling into a gap between the numismatic glamour of imperial Rome and the specialist interest in Cyzicus's archaic and classical issues.