Bizye, Antoninus Pius, 5 unit (CN type 1391)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
155-158 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated 155-158 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1391. Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius holding serpent-staff.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–30 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 17.82 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
- Hygieia and Asclepius; to left, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius holding serpent-staff.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ΠΟΜ ΟVΟΠΕΙϹΚΟV ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1391
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1391
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 bibliographynr. 9302
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 52, nr. 12
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 196, nr. 6-8, pl. 9
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 120, nr. 1429
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 9302
Research required
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