Pitane, bronze (CN type 19699)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 161-165 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia dated ca. 161-165 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19699. Obverse: Female head, right, wearing sphendone or wreath. Reverse: Tyche standing left, wearing chiton, himation and kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15–17 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.64 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pitane
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Female head, right, wearing sphendone or wreath.
- Reverse type
- Tyche standing left, wearing chiton, himation and kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ
- Reverse legend
- Ϲ[ΤΡ] Λ [ϹV] ΑΝΘΟV
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19699
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19699
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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
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