Bizye, Septimius Severus, Double unit (CN type 1423)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1423. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 20 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.21 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
- Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, altar.
- 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/1423
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1423
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. 38
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 210, nr. 13-14, pl. 16
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 122, nr. 1448
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution