Bizye, Marc Aurel, 4 unit (CN type 1396)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
139-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 139-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1396. Obverse: Bare head of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right. Reverse: Banquet scene; man and woman reclining on kline facing each other; to left, small male figure and vessel; ro right, foreparts of horses.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24–25 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.37 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare head of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right.
- Reverse type
- Banquet scene; man and woman reclining on kline facing each other; to left, small male figure and vessel; ro right, foreparts of horses.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1396
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1396
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. 53, nr. 18-19
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 202, nr. 13-19, pl. 12
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 121, nr. 1435
- external concordanceRPC IV, 3903.
- external concordancerPC IV, 3902.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution