Bizye, Hadrian, 5 unit (CN type 21880)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
117-119 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Hadrian dated 117-119 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21880. Obverse: Laureate head of Hadrian, 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
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 32 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Hadrian, right.
- Reverse type
- City gate with arched half-open door, flanked by two towers; above, gallery of five arches with statues inside.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΜΑΙ ΝΕΠ ΠΡΕϹΒ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤ ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21880
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21880
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. 188, nr. 1-8, pl. 5
- external concordance
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution