Pitane, bronze (CN type 11776)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 100-150 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia dated ca. 100-150 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11776. Obverse: Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet and with aegis. Reverse: Telesphorus standing facing, wearing hooded mantle.
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
- Recorded findspots
- Bergama (Pergamum)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11776
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11776
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1882
- external concordanceRPC III, 1882
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