Bizye, Antoninus Pius, Double unit (CN type 1388)
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 1388. Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Nude Hermes standing left, holding caduceus and purse.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 21–21.2 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.34 g (mean of 2 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
- Nude Hermes standing left, holding caduceus and purse.
- 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/1388
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1388
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. 16
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 198, nr. 14-16, pl. 10
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 120, nr. 1426
- external concordanceRPC IV, 3901.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution