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Æ26 - Marcus Aurelius ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ (Ζ reversed)
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 161-169 |
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| Weight | 11.06 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Faustina II facing right, her hair elaborately dressed and piled on the crown of the head in the characteristic Antonine coiffure. The effigy is rendered in the provincial style typical of Mysian civic coinage, with the neck and shoulders clearly delineated. The encircling Greek legend ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ runs along the periphery of the flan, identifying the empress as Augusta. |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Demeter is depicted striding to the right in full figure, clad in a long chiton and himation, with both arms extended and holding a flaming torch in each hand, emblematic of her eternal search for Persephone. The composition fills the field in the dynamic provincial style. The encircling Greek legend ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ, with the Ζ rendered in its reversed retrograde form, surrounds the central type, attesting to Cyzicus's proud status as a neokoros city. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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