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RIC VI Cyzicus 12a

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RIC VI Cyzicus 12a, AE1, Bronze, struck at Cyzicus, 297–299 AD. Obverse: head of diocletian, laureate, right. Reverse: genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand. Weight about 9.8 g, diameter 28.7 mm.
obverse RIC VI Cyzicus 12a
obverse: Head of Diocletian, laureate, right
reverse RIC VI Cyzicus 12a
reverse: Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand
mint Cyzicus weight 9.76g (11)
ruler Diocletian diameter ⌀28.7 (4)
denomination AE1 axis 9↕ (6)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Diocletian, laureate, right

IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
reverse

Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand

GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI or GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI
specimens (13)
British Museum 9.48g
British Museum (RIC VI)
RIC VI Cyzicus 12a, harvard
Harvard Art Museums 11.29g 12↕
RIC VI Cyzicus 12a, harvard
Harvard Art Museums 10.47g 12↕
KENOM 9.54g ⌀28.2 6↕
British Museum 9.69g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 9.16g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 7.62g
British Museum (RIC VI)
British Museum 9.56g
British Museum (RIC VI)

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RIC VI Cyzicus 12a (ric.6.cyz.12a), 297–299 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-vi-cyzicus-12a/ (accessed: 2026-08-20). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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