Bizye, Faustina II., 4 unit (CN type 1406)
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 1406. Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina II, right. Reverse: Artemis advancing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22.5–23.9 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.98 g (mean of 4 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
- Artemis advancing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder.
- Obverse legend
- ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1406
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1406
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. 24
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 204, nr. 1-7, pl. 13
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 121, nr. 1439
- external concordanceRPC IV, 9307.
Research required
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