Bizye, Faustina II., 4 unit (CN type 1405)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
147-176 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Faustina II. dated 147-176 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1405. Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina II, right. Reverse: Isis, right, wearing lotus, holding situla and sistrum.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 23–24 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.87 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Faustina II.
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Faustina II, right.
- Reverse type
- Isis, right, wearing lotus, holding situla and sistrum.
- Obverse legend
- ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1405
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1405
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. 54, nr. 28
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 139, nr. 4
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 206, nr. 15-17, pl. 14
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 121, nr. 1444
- external concordanceRPC IV, 3904.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution