Bisanthe, Bisanthe: nominal C (CN type 754)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 300-200 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceBisanthe: nominal C in bronze struck at Bisanthe in Thrace dated ca. 300-200 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 754. Obverse: Head of bearded Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath?. Reverse: Cantharus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Bisanthe: nominal C
- Recorded diameter
- 10–11.7 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.21 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bisanthe
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of bearded Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath?.
- Reverse type
- Cantharus.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΣΑΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/754
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 754
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. 11, nr. 58, pl. 3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 69, nr. 1371
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution