Bizye, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 12984)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated 138-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12984. Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Nude Apollo standing left, legs crossed, holding olive branch in right hand, left hand over serpent coiling around omphalos.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 30 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 17.08 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Apollo standing left, legs crossed, holding olive branch in right hand, left hand over serpent coiling around omphalos.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ Λ Π ΟVΟΠЄΙϹΚΟV ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12984
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12984
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
- external concordanceRPC IV, 9317.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution