Bizye, Marc Aurel, 4 unit (CN type 1398)
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 1398. Obverse: Bare head of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right. Reverse: Heracles standing left, resting on club, holding lion skin in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25–26 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.91 g (mean of 3 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
- Heracles standing left, resting on club, holding lion skin in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1398
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1398
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. 21
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 9305
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 200, nr. 7-12, pl. 11
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 121, nr. 1437
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 9305
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution