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cn type 1406

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Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

147-176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Design
Draped bust of Faustina II, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Artemis advancing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder.
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Persons

Sitter: Faustina II. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 23.9 mm / Min: 22.5 mm
Average Weight
5.98 g (4x)
Axes
7 (1x) 8 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 54, nr. 24  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 204, nr. 1-7, pl. 13  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 121, nr. 1439 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/9307 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 1406, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1406 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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