RPC III, 736

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 736
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Bizya
Reign Hadrian
Obverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥϹω ΚΤΙϹΤΗ
Edition Διονύσῳ κτίστῃ
Translation to Dionysus, founder
Obverse design Dionysus seated right, holding a bunch of grapes in in right hand and ? in his left; to left vine
Reverse inscription ΒΙΖΥΗΝΩΝ
Edition Βιζυηνῶν
Translation of the Bizyans
Reverse design City goddess standing left; at her feet, river god reclining to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.84 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Jurukova 165
Specimens 10 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: Stamoulès coll. 72
2 2     Sofia: 10698
3 3     CGT coll. (ex Naumann 46, 11. Sept. 2016, lot 300)
4 4     CGT coll., ex Lars Rutten
5 5     CGT coll., ex Pecunem 35, lot 372
6 6     Leu Numismatik AG Web 3, 25 Feb. 2018, lot 487
7 7     ETB coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 79, 7 July 2019, lot 286)
8 8     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1010
9 9     Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1259
10 10     ✸ Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1578