Bizye, Hadrian, 5 unit (CN type 1357)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
124-127 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Hadrian dated 124-127 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1357. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: City gate flanked by two towers, surmounted by a figure in quadriga.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26–32 mm (from 10 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 19.36 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- City gate flanked by two towers, surmounted by a figure in quadriga.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΤΙΝΕ ΡΟVΦΟV ΠΡΕϹΒ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΙ ΤΟV Ϲ(ΕΒΑϹ) ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1357
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1357
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. 50, nr. 4
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 190-192, nr. 16-21, pl. 6-7
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 119, nr. 1422
- external concordance
- external concordance
Research required
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