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Ancient Coinage of Thrace, Bizya


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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
Jurukova 166Thrace, Bizya AE20. 2nd century BC. Head of Dionysos right wearing ivy wreat / BIZVENWN, Silenos pouring wine into amphora right.TextImage
Jurukova 174Thrace, Bizya AE19. 2nd century BC. Head of Herakles left / BIZYHNWN, Artemis advancing right, wielding bow. TextImage
Moushmov 3441Thrace, Bizya AE19. Imperial Times. Head of Poseidon right / BIZVNHNWN, Zeus standing left holding patera & sceptre. TextImage
Moushmov 3445Thrace, Bizya. 2nd Century AD. AE 19mm. Bust of Poseidon right / BIZ-V-HNWN, Silenos standing left, holding cup and wine skin. BMC 1.TextImage
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Moushmov 3446Thrace, Bizya AE 15mm. Period of Roman Domination, 1st Century BC-1st Century AD.Head of Hermes right, in winged taenia / BIZVENWN, winged caduceus.TextImage
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HADRIAN
Moushmov 3450Hadrian AE30 of Bizya, Thrace. Laureate, draped bust right / API MAINEP PRECB KAI ANT BIZUHNWN, city gate with two towers, the emperor in quadriga right above. Varbanov 1609.TextImage
Varbanov 1416cfHadrian, AE of Augusta Traiana, Thrace. 9.02 g. AV[T TRAIA]N ADRIANOC KAICRA (sic) CEB G, laureate, draped bust right / BIZUHNWN, banquet scene: male figure reclining left on knile, woman seated half-right at his feet, youth standing to left, on the right, forepart of horse left. cf Jurukova 8; cf Varbanov 1416 (obv. legend).TextImage
Varbanov 1418Hadrian, AE29 of Bizya, Thrace. 117-138 AD. Quintus Tineius Rufus, magistrate. AYTO TRAIANOC ADRIANOC KAICAR CEB GER, Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / EP EITEI POUFOU PERC KAI ANTI TOY CEBAC BIZHNWN, Apollo standing right, looking left, holding hand over serpent coiled about omphalos. Youroukova 5; Moushmov 3449; Varbanov 1418.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
GM 95-519Marcus Aurelius, AE23 of Bizya; Thrace. 147–161 AD. M AVRHLIOC OVHROC KAICAP, bare head of Marcus Aurelius right, with short beard / BIZVHNWN, nude male warrior (founding hero?) standing, facing, head right, brandishing spear. BMC:-; Moushmov:-; Varbanov:-; Mionnet:-; etc. cf Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny 95 (09/03/1999), 519.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Moushmov 3461Septimius Severus AE 29mm of Bizya, Thrace. AY K L CEP CEVHPOC P, laureate bust right / HGE CTATI BAPBAPOV BIZYHNWN, Apollo standing right, head left, holding patera; at right, serpent rising from beatyl.TextImage
CARACALLA
Jurukova 45Caracalla, as Caesar, AE 28mm of Bizya in Thrace. M AYPHL ANTWNEINOC KAICAP, draped & cuirassed bust right / BIZVHNWN, Demeter standing right, holding long torch & grain ears.TextImage
Jurukova 54Caracalla, Bizya Thrace, AE 30. AYT K M AVP ANTWNINOC P, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / BIZUHNWN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Jurukova, Bizye, no. 54, pl. 9 same dies.TextImage
Moushmov 3470Caracalla AE18 of Bizya, Thrace. M AYPHL ANTWNEINOC KAICAP, laureate draped bust right / BIZYHNWN, bull walking right. SGI 2480.TextImage
Moushmov 3475Caracalla AE31 of Bizya, Thrace. AV K M AVP ANTWNINOC, laureate draped bust right / BIZVHNWN, Cybele seated left holding patera, lion below throne. Jurukova 53.TextImage
Varbanov 1474Caracalla, AE, Bizya, Thrace. 13.08 g. AV K M AVR ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / BIZYHNWN, Tyche seated right, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Jurukova 58; Varbanov 1474.TextImage
GETA
Berlin 2 varGeta, AE 30 of Bizya, Thrace. 14.53 g. AUT KR L P CEP GETA CEB, laureate, draped bust right / BIZUHNWN, Hermes, naked, standing left, holding caduceus in right hand and purse in left. Apparently unpublished. cf. Berlin I, 2, this reverse for Ant. Pius.TextImage
Jurukova 66Geta AE 29mm of Bizya, Thrace. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Mars standing facing, head right, holding spear & parazonium.TextImage
Mionnet 75varGeta, AE of Bizya, Thrace. ..CEP GETAC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / BIZUHNWN, Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre. Apparently unpublished. cf Mionnet Supp. II, 175 for Septimius Severus. Mionnet 75 var.TextImage
Moushmov 3480Geta AE26 of Bizya, Thrace. AVT KIA P CEP GETAC C, laureate draped bust right / BIZVHNWN, Geta standing facing, head right, holding spear & parazonium.TextImage
Moushmov 3481Geta, AE28 of Bizya, Thrace. 209 – 212 AD. Obv: AVT KAI L CEP GETA CEB, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / BIZUHNWN, Herakles standing right, lionskin draped over arm, resting on club with right hand and holding apple in left. Moushmov 3481; Varbanov 1495.TextImage
Varbanov 1497Geta, AE of Bizya, Thrace. 9.86 g. AYT KRA P CEP GETA CE, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / BIZYHNWN, Apollo, naked, standing left, left knee bent, looking right, holding arrow and raven (Varbanov: "Zeus...with eagle and thunderbolt"). Jurukova (1981) 69; Varbanov 1497 corr.TextImage
PHILIP I
Jurukova 126Philip I AE33 of Bizya, Thrace. AVT K M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG, radiate draped bust right / BIZVHNWN, Tyche seated right, towered & holding a rudder, being crowned with a wreath by Heros standing left holding spear.TextImage
Moushmov 3486Philip I, AE30 of Bizya, Thrace. AVT K M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / BIZVHNWN, Ares standing facing, head right, resting on shield and holding inverted spear. Varbanov 1509; Moushmov 3486.TextImage
Moushmov 3487Philip I AE 29mm of Bizya, Thrace. Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust left / BIZ-VHN-WN (WN ligate), Capaneus, armed, preparing to scale the walls of Thebes by ladder.TextImage
Moushmov 3495Philip I AE28 of Bizya, Thrace. AVT K M IOVA FILIPPOC CE Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / BIZVHNWN, Eirene/Pax seated left holding olive branch & long sceptre.TextImage
Moushmov 3500
Philip I. AE28. Bizya, Thrace. AUT M IOVL FILIPPOC CEB, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / BIZUHNW/N, Cybele, holding flower and resting elbow on drum, seated left on lion walking right. TextImage
Moushmov 3504Philip I, AE42 of Bizya, Thrace. AVT K M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / BIZVHNWN, Hades-Serapis enthroned left, Cerberus at foot, between Demeter, holding long torch and small figure of Kynoskephalos standing on the left, Isis, holding sistrum and cornucopiae and small figure Harpokrates holding cornucopiae standing on the right. Varbanov 1546; Moushmov 3504; Jurukova 136.TextImage
Moushmov 3506Philip I. Bizya, Thrace. AE18. 244-249 AD. AVT K M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG, laureate head right. / BIZUENWN, Hermes naked standing left, holding purse and caduceus. TextImage
Moushmov 3510Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE29 of Bizya, Thrace. AYT K M IOVL FILIPPOC AV M WTAK CEBHP L CEBA, confronted draped busts / BIZVHNWN, Demeter advancing left with corn ears & long torch.TextImage
Moushmov 3512Philip I AE29 of Bizya, Thrace. AVT K M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG, laureate draped bust right / BIZVHNWN, Tyche seated right, head left, holding rudder & cornucopiae.TextImage
Varbanov 1545Philip I, AE28 of Bizya, Thrace. AVT K M IOUL FILIPPOC AUG, laureate draped bust right / BIZUHNWN, Hades-Serapis seated left, holding sceptre and extending right hand towards Kerberos at his feet. Varbanov 1545; Jurukova 73.TextImage
Varbanov 1557Philip I, AE of Bizya, Thrace. 14.01 g. AUT K M IOUL FILIPPOS AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / BIZUHNWN, naked, helmeted warrior (Kapaneus?) standing right, left foot on a low wall, holding ladder, spear and shield. Jurukova 104 (same dies). Varbanov 1557 corr.TextImage
Varbanov 1579Philip I, AE34 of Bizya, Thrace. Bizya and Byzantium alliance. AVT M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / BIZYHNWN BVZANTIWN OMONOIA, Apollo, holding spear, and Artemis, holding bow, standing facing each other, clasping hands, conical wicker basket between them. Varbanov 1579; Sear GIC 3878; Jurukova 121.TextImage
Varbanov 1587Philip I and Otacilia Severa. AE. Bizya, Thrace. AYT K M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG M QTAK CEBHPA CEB, confronted draped busts of Philip I and Otacilia Severa / BIZVHNWN, Serapis standing facing, head left, right hand raised, holding sceptre in left. Varbanov (Engl.) 1587.TextImage
Varbanov 1723Philip I AE 32mm of Bizya, Thrace. AVT M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / BIZVHNWN, Triptolemos right in chariot drawn by serpents; river-god Agrianes reclining below. TextImage
OTACILIA SEVERA
Moushmov 3514Otacilia Severa AE 25mm of Bizya, Thrace. M WTAKEILIA CEBHPA CEB, diademed & draped bust right / BIZVENWN, Artemis standing left, holding arrow & long torch; stag at feet.TextImage
PHILIP II
BMC 15Philip II AE 30mm of Thrace, Bizya. AVT K M IOVLI FILIPPOC AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / BIZVENWN, Demeter standing left with sceptre & grain ears.TextImage
Lindgren II 760Philip II AE 15mm of Bizya, Thrace. bare head right / BIZVENWN, Silenus standing right, pouring wine from wine bag into krater. Jurukova 157.TextImage
Moushmov 3519Philip II AE18 of Bizya, Thrace. M IOVL FILIPPOC KAICAP, bare head right / BIZVHNWN, Weary Eros standing left, leaning on & extinguishing inverted torch.TextImage
Moushmov 3519APhilip II AE 18mm of Bizya, Thrace. M IOVLI FILIPPOC KAIC, laureate, draped bust right / BIZVENWN, Silenus standing right, pouring wine from wine bag into krater (or Hercules carrying the Erymanthian Boar on his shoulders?)TextImage
Moushmov 3520Philip II AE17 of Bizya, Thrace. M IOVLI FILIPPOC KAIC, bare head right / BIZVENWN, serpent coiled around a conical stone.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Bizya
Bizya entries at Moushmov Online
Entry for Thrace, Bizya on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Bizya in the RPC IV (Antonines) database at the Ashmolean Museum
Search for Bizya at AncientImports.com
Search for Bizya at Incitatus Coins

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