Bizye, Antoninus Pius, Double unit (CN type 1385)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated 138-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1385. Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 20–21 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.56 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1385
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1385
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. 52, nr. 13
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 198, nr. 9-11, pl. 10
- external concordanceRPC IV, 4545.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution