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Æ29 - Vespasian ΚΥ-ΖΙ
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 69-79 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC II#879 |
| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Emperor Vespasian facing right, rendered in the realist Flavian portrait style with characteristic broad features. The effigy is set within a circular field bordered by the Greek honorific legend distributed around the periphery. The portrait displays the emperor's mature physiognomy with close-cropped hair beneath the laurel wreath, typical of provincial bronze coinage struck under Roman authority in Asia Minor. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A large civic laurel or olive wreath depicted in the centre of the field, its tied ends visible at the base, enclosing the abbreviated civic ethnic legend ΚΥ-ΖΙ divided across the interior of the wreath. The wreath motif is a hallmark of Cyzicene civic bronze coinage and symbolises the city's pride and autonomy within the Roman provincial framework. The field is otherwise plain, focusing attention on the wreath as the sole design element. |
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