Bizye, Antoninus Pius, Medallion (CN type 1393)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
155-158 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceMedallion in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated 155-158 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1393. Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius, left. Reverse: Bearded Dionysus enthroned left, holding kantharos and thyrsus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Medallion
- Recorded diameter
- 33 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 28.71 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate and cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius, left.
- Reverse type
- Bearded Dionysus enthroned left, holding kantharos and thyrsus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ Α ΠΟΜΠΕΙΟV ΟVΟΠΕΙϹΚΟV ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1393
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1393
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution