Pitane, Faustina II., bronze (CN type 11874)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 152-176 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia under Faustina II. dated ca. 152-176 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11874. Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina II, right. Reverse: Amazon standing, left, holding patera and double axe.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 18–21 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.73 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pitane
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Faustina II.
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Faustina II, right.
- Reverse type
- Amazon standing, left, holding patera and double axe.
- Obverse legend
- ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ
- Reverse legend
- ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11874
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11874
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. 629, annot. Issue: Faustina II (under Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius): Group 1 (c. 152-176)
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 629
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