Pitane, bronze (CN type 12738)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12738. Obverse: Bust of Pitaneos, 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
- 19.5–20 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.97 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pitane
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Pitaneos, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Zeus standing facing, head left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and sceptre in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΠΙΤΑΝΕΥϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12738
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12738
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
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2365
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution