Pitane, bronze (CN type 12739)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 222-235 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia dated ca. 222-235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12739. Obverse: Turreted bust of city goddess, right. Reverse: Prow, right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21.7–22.6 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.09 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pitane
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Turreted bust of city goddess, right.
- Reverse type
- Prow, right.
- Obverse legend
- ΠΙΤΑΝΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΕΥΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12739
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12739
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. 2369, pl. 124
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 542
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution