Bizye, Geta, 5 unit (CN type 1496)
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 1496. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.71 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΚΡΑ Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ ϹΕΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1496
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1496
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
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 226, nr. 3-5, pl. 24
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