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Æ20 - Antoninus Pius ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (Ζ shaped as エ)
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 147-161 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, with finely rendered curled hair and beard rendered in the characteristic Antonine style. The emperor's effigy is presented on a plain truncation, occupying the central field. A Greek imperial titulature legend runs around the periphery, partially visible on both sides of the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | Nude Genius standing to the left in the central field, depicted in a frontal contrapposto pose with the head turned slightly. The figure grasps a large cornucopia with both hands, the overflowing horn of plenty serving as the principal attribute of this personification of abundance and civic prosperity. The Greek ethnic legend of Cyzicus appears around the periphery, with the distinctive locally idiosyncratic zeta (Ζ) rendered in the form of the Japanese katakana character エ, a well-documented epigraphic peculiarity of this mint. |
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| Mint | Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey |
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