Bizye, Double unit (CN type 21879)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace dated 138-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21879. Obverse: Bearded male head (Zeus or Poseidon?), right. Reverse: City gate with arched half-open door, flanked by two towers; above, gallery of five arches with statues inside.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Bearded male head (Zeus or Poseidon?), right.
- Reverse type
- City gate with arched half-open door, flanked by two towers; above, gallery of five arches with statues inside.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21879
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21879
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 182, nr. 14-16a, pl. 2
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution