Pitane, bronze (CN type 11876)
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 dated ca. 152-176 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11876. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Tyche standing, left, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16.9–17.6 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.59 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pitane
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath.
- Reverse type
- Tyche standing, left, holding rudder and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11876
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11876
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. 11405, annot. c. 152-176; Issue: Faustina II (under Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius): Group 2
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 11405
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