Thrace, Bizya, Philip II
Description:
Thrace, Bizya, Philip II (244 - 249 AD). M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP; bare head right / BIZVHNΩN; naked Silenos with tail stepping right, holding wineskin on his shoulders from which he pours wine into large krater on ground before him.
Diameter:
AE17 mm
Weight:
3,2 g
Grade:
gF/gF
Attribution:
Jurukova 157, pl. 26
Commentary:
scarce; dark grey patina, obverse slightly off-center
History:
During the Byzantine times Bizya was a starting point of an aqueduct supplying the city of Constantinople.
Article Number:
054-03-07-41652