Bizye, Caracalla, Medallion (CN type 1454)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceMedallion in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Caracalla dated 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1454. Obverse: Radiate bust of Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield in left arm. Reverse: Emperor (Caracalla) in military attire riding right on horseback, raising right arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Medallion
- Recorded diameter
- 43 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of Caracalla, left, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, holding shield in left arm.
- Reverse type
- Emperor (Caracalla) in military attire riding right on horseback, raising right arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1454
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1454
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. 60, nr. 60
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 125, nr. 1468
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution