Bizye, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 1412)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1412. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Apollo standing left, legs crossed, holding patera in right hand, left hand over serpent coiling around omphalos.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.85 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Apollo standing left, legs crossed, holding patera in right hand, left hand over serpent coiling around omphalos.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1412
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1412
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 56, nr. 32; 37
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 212, nr. 26-28, pl. 17
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 122, nr. 1445
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution