Bizye, Caracalla, 4 unit (CN type 1440)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
195-197 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Caracalla dated 195-197 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1440. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Bearded river-god reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 25 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Bearded river-god reclining left, holding reed and resting on water-urn.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1440
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1440
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 58, nr. 47
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 216, nr. 7, pl. 19
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 125, nr. 1471
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution