Pitane, bronze (CN type 11775)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 98-117 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia dated ca. 98-117 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11775. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon, right. Reverse: Nude Zeus standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and sceptre in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21.4–21.9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pitane
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Zeus Ammon, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Zeus standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and sceptre in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΠΙΤΑΝΕΩΝ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΜΕΛΕΑΓΡΟΥ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11775
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11775
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1881
- external concordanceRPC III, 1881
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- No rights-cleared photograph attached yet