Bizye, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 1427)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
196-198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 196-198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1427. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Demeter enthroned left, holding ears of corn and torch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.22 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
- Demeter enthroned left, holding ears of corn and torch.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ϹΤΑΤΙ ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟV ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1427
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1427
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. 208, nr. 1-3, pl. 15
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution