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cn type 1403

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Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

139-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare head of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Bearded river-god reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
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Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 25 mm / Min: 23 mm
Average Weight
9.95 g (2x)
Axes
6 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 53, nr. 22  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 200, nr. 4-6, pl. 11  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 121, nr. 1438 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/9306 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 1403, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1403 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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