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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8211597, member: 75937&quot;]Cyzicus lies on the Kapıdağ Peninsula (also known as the Peninsula of Cyzicus) jutting out into the Propontis. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-cyzicus-hermes-jpg.1438529/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 26.3 mm, 9.32 g, 1 h.</p><p>Mysia, Cyzicus (group 2), AD 169-175. </p><p>Obv: ΦΑVϹΤEΙΝΑ ϹEΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, r.</p><p>Rev: ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝЄOΚΟΡ; nude Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse, caduceus and chlamys.</p><p>Refs: RPC IV.2 <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/699" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/699" rel="nofollow">699</a> (temp); SNG Cop 115; Mionnet Suppl. 5, p. 225, 270.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: More Cyzicus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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