Bizye, Geta, 5 unit (CN type 1487)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
209-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Geta dated 209-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1487. Obverse: Laureate bust of Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Ares standing facing, wearing helmet, holding spear and parazonium.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 30 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.9 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Ares standing facing, wearing helmet, holding spear and parazonium.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΚΡΑ Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤΑ ϹЄΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1487
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1487
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. 228, nr. 14-16, pl. 25
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 126, nr. 1484, annot. Aber Abweichung der Avers-Legende: Nicht ΑVΤ ΚΡΑ Π CΕΠ ΓΕΤΑ CΕ, sondern ΑVΤ ΚΡΑ Π CΕΠ ΓΕΤΑC CΕ.
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