Pitane, bronze (CN type 12780)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 350-200
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia dated ca. 350-200, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12780. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon in three-quarter view facing right. Reverse: city-ethnic within olive wreath.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 12–13 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.11 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pitane
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Zeus Ammon in three-quarter view facing right.
- Reverse type
- city-ethnic within olive wreath.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΙΤΑ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12780
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12780
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution