Bizye, Faustina II., 4 unit (CN type 1407)
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 1407. Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina II, right. Reverse: Artemis standing left, holding arrow and torch; at her feet, stag.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24–24.6 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.5 g (mean of 3 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 standing left, holding arrow and torch; at her feet, stag.
- Obverse legend
- ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1407
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1407
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. 25
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 204-206, nr. 8-11, pl. 13
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 121, nr. 1441
- external concordanceRPC IV, 9308.
Research required
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