Description
Thrace, Bizya, Philip II (244 – 249 AD). M IOVΛ ΦIΛIÎ Î OC 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.
Thrace, Bizya, Philip II
45,00 €
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE17 |
| Weight [g]: | 3,20 |
| Grade: | gF/gF |
| Attribution: | Jurukova 157, pl. 26 |
| Commentary: | scarce; dark grey patina, obverse slightly off-center |
Historical Context
During the Byzantine times Bizya was a starting point of an aqueduct supplying the city of Constantinople.
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