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Pitane, bronze coin — Telesphorus standing facing (CN type 11776)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. AD 100–150

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia, dated c. AD 100–150. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 11776 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet and with aegis. Reverse: Telesphorus standing facing, wearing hooded mantle. Legend: ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.53 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 12–15.4 mm (from 9 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Bergama (Pergamum). Published references cited by the corpus: Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London:  Paris 2015, nr. 1882; Linked type corpus, RPC III, 1882.

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Historical context

This Roman Imperial bronze coin was struck at Pitane in Mysia between c. AD 100 and 150. Pitane was an ancient Greek settlement in Asia Minor, situated on the bay of Elaea near the mouth of the river Evenus. The reverse depicts Telesphorus, a minor ancient Greek child-god of healing associated with Asclepius and Hygieia, who was represented wearing a cowl hood or cap and whose depictions occurred predominantly in Anatolia and along the Danube.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
12–15.4 mm (from 9 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.53 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Pitane
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet and with aegis.
Reverse type
Telesphorus standing facing, wearing hooded mantle.
Reverse legend
ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Recorded findspots
Bergama (Pergamum)
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11776
Type corpus identifier
CN type 11776

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