Bisanthe, Bisanthe: nominal B (CN type 648)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 300-200 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceBisanthe: nominal B in bronze struck at Bisanthe in Thrace dated ca. 300-200 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 648. Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Owl.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Bisanthe: nominal B
- Recorded diameter
- 13–15.5 mm (from 13 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.74 g (mean of 10 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bisanthe
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
- Reverse type
- Owl.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙ(ΣΑΝ)
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/648
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 648
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. 9-10, nr. 31-36, pl. 2
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 68, nr. 1366
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution