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Æ34 - Caracalla ΑΡΧ ΑΙΛ ΟΝΗϹΙΦΟΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑ ΚΥΖΙΚΗ, ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Caracalla facing right, portrayed with characteristic short curly beard and hair, the paludamentum fastened at the right shoulder with the cuirass visible below. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the provincial style, with the bust truncation showing drapery folds. The encircling Greek legend reads ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ, identifying the emperor by his official titulature, set within a dotted border. |
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| Reverse description | Caracalla, laureate and in full military dress, standing right, extending his right hand to present a small tetrastyle temple to Tyche, who stands facing left before him; Tyche holds a second temple in her left hand, alluding to Cyzicus's double neocorate status. The composition emphasizes the imperial benefaction and the city's honored religious role. The reverse legend, divided around the field, records the name of the magistrate Ael. Onesiphoros Aur. Antoneia and the civic title ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ (twice neokoros), confirming Cyzicus's dual honor as keeper of two imperial cult temples. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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