cn type 4437
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cn type 4437

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 1-100 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Kore Soteira wreathed with ears of corn, right; surrounded by a wreath of corn.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse Κ-Υ/エ-Ι
Design
Caduceus with club-like handle and gorgoneion; above, crescent; below, tunny, right; all within oak-wreath.
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Monogram
Monogram reverse (position: at the bottom right)
Metrology
Material
Diameter
Max: 20 mm / Min: 18.9 mm
Average Weight
4.68 g (10x)
Axes
2 (1x) 12 (6x)
Public Commentary

Anhand des Monogramms lässt sich erkennen, dass ein kleinerer Nominal mit Apollo und Lyra zur selben Emission gehört. Stil ist aufwendig.

Citation

Fritze, Die autonome Kupferprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie. 10, 1917 p. 13, nr. 45 

Burnett et al., RPC I: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. I: From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius: 44 BC-AD 69, London [u.a.] 1992 nr. 2240 

Jodin, Portraits impériaux et dénominations à Cyzique. D'Auguste à Hadrien. 154, 1999 p. 139, nr. 13 

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 86 

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2240

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cn type 4437, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/4437 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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