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Bizye, Caracalla, unit (CN type 1441)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

195-197 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Caracalla dated 195-197 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1441. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Silenus standing right, holding wine-skin pouring wine into cantharus in front of him.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
unit
Recorded diameter
18 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.71 g (mean of 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
Nude Silenus standing right, holding wine-skin pouring wine into cantharus in front of him.
Obverse legend
Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Reverse legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1441
Type corpus identifier
CN type 1441

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