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Bizye, Marc Aurel, 3 unit (CN type 21882)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

139-161 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

3 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Marc Aurel dated 139-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21882. Obverse: Bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right. Reverse: Banquet scene; male figure reclining left on kline, placing his right hand on the left shoulder of a female figure seated to right and leaning on the left edge of the kline, which has a three-legged table under it to right and two ornated legs to left, right leg with a twisted band around; in the left background, a tree upon which hangs a cuirass and beneath which man stands facing, head right, in short chiton placing his right hand on amphora to left; in the right background, forepart of a horse advancing left, lifting left hoof; in upper central field, shield.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
3 unit
Recorded diameter
24–25.7 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
9.7 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Bizye
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Marc Aurel

Design

Obverse type
Bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right.
Reverse type
Banquet scene; male figure reclining left on kline, placing his right hand on the left shoulder of a female figure seated to right and leaning on the left edge of the kline, which has a three-legged table under it to right and two ornated legs to left, right leg with a twisted band around; in the left background, a tree upon which hangs a cuirass and beneath which man stands facing, head right, in short chiton placing his right hand on amphora to left; in the right background, forepart of a horse advancing left, lifting left hoof; in upper central field, shield.
Obverse legend
Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Reverse legend
ΒΙΖΥΗ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21882
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21882

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