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Medallion - Time of Commodus Homonoia with Smyrna
| Location | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 180-182 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the goddess Kore Soteira (Persephone) in right-facing profile, her hair adorned with a grain wreath and wearing a necklace, rendered in high relief within a beaded border. The circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy. |
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| Reverse description | Three standing figures in high relief on a ground line: at centre, a semi-nude male figure identified as Emperor Commodus, bearded, facing left, holding a spear and parazonium; to the left, the goddess Tyche of Smyrna wearing a mural crown, facing right, extending a wreath; to the right, the personification of Cyzicus wearing a turreted crown, facing left, holding a sceptre and wreath. The Greek legend appears in two lines in the exergue and vertically along both sides of the field, all within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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