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Æ23 - Marcus Aurelius ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 177-179 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Cybele, turreted and enthroned, seated right upon a throne, her right arm resting upon the throne back; she holds a tympanum in her left hand. Flanking her throne on either side sits a recumbent lion, both facing inward toward the goddess. The ethnic legend ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ is inscribed within the field, identifying the issuing city. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cyzicus, situated on the Propontis in Mysia, was one of the wealthiest and most productive civic minting centers in the Roman East, with a bronze coinage tradition stretching back centuries before Roman administrative reorganization folded it into the Conventus of Cyzicus. This piece falls within the narrow co-regency window after Commodus was elevated to Augustus in 177 AD, a political formality designed to secure dynastic succession while Marcus was still alive — the Cyzicene mint responded promptly to such imperial events with fresh civic bronze issues.