ID Help Please | Kyzikos Provincial Bronzes

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byzantine New Member United Arab Emirates 38 Posts	Posted 11/08/2008 10:27 am hi all can anybody help me about id ? thanks (note: per square: 5mm X 5mm) Image: new1.jpg 26.09 KB Image: new2.jpg 23.6 KB Image: new3.jpg 34.07 KB Image: new4.jpg 28.39 KB Edited by Sap 11/10/2008 05:01 am Report this Post to the Staff

NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 11/08/2008 7:19 pm Clearer picture needed for me to identify bu someone else will probably get it. Report this Post to the Staff
byzantine New Member United Arab Emirates 38 Posts	Posted 11/08/2008 8:31 pm thanks NumisMattUk for interest i will try for a better photo but I think it's impossible with this machine especially for bronze. but I can write what I can read new 1 : AVKAL(or V) ... AH(or N)TÙNE.. new 2 : KVZIKH NÙNNEO new 3 : A Z KHNÙ N I O new 4 : ËAVPKOMO......NER(or K)YO note : Ù = ohm symbol and Ë = L from greek alphabet I wrote but page showed different Edited by byzantine 11/08/2008 8:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 11/09/2008 12:44 am Both coins appear to be Roman Provincial coins from Kyzikos (Latin spelling Cyzicus), a city in what is now north-western Turkey which would go on to become one of the primary branch mints of the Empire after Diocletian's reforms. Number 1/2: I can't find a specific reference for this coin, but coins with the caduceus are known for that city. The emperor is one of the ones named "Antoninus" - I'd guess Caracalla, or perhaps even Commodus (see coin 3/4). Number 3/4: On the Wildwinds page for Kyzikos, there are very similar types with the same sailing galley motif, listed under Commodus and Philip II (they're the only coins on Wildwinds with those city-emperor combinations); given that we can read "KOMOD" on the obverse, this one is clearly Commodus. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
atlashealth Pillar of the Community United States 1691 Posts	Posted 11/09/2008 11:45 am ancient Roman?.... the one with the ship is way cool! Report this Post to the Staff
byzantine New Member United Arab Emirates 38 Posts	Posted 11/12/2008 6:03 pm Thanks a lot Sap yes it is commodus but I didn't find completely same one. and other coin (first photo) not like it. it is different. I will search more Edited by byzantine 11/12/2008 6:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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