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Bizye, Caracalla, 5 unit (CN type 1446)

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Record status

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Period

197-217 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1446. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand; at her feet, lion.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit
Recorded diameter
28–30.1 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
16.07 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Bizye
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Caracalla

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Caracalla, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand; at her feet, lion.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Π
Reverse legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1446
Type corpus identifier
CN type 1446

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