Bizye, One and one half (CN type 1325)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceOne and one half in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace dated 138-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1325. Obverse: Bearded male head (Zeus or Poseidon?), right. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing right, holding thyrsus with left hand over left shoulder.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- One and one half
- Recorded diameter
- 21–22 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.71 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Bearded male head (Zeus or Poseidon?), right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Dionysus standing right, holding thyrsus with left hand over left shoulder.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1325
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1325
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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 bibliographyp. 79, nr. 171
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 9313
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 9313
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution