Bizye, Septimius Severus, Double unit (CN type 1415)

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Record status

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Period

193-211 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Double unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1415. Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Double unit
Recorded diameter
20 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
4.8 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Bizye
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Septimius Severus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
Reverse type
Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon.
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/1415
Type corpus identifier
CN type 1415

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