Bizye, Philippus Arabs, 5 unit (CN type 1513)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
244-249 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Philippus Arabs dated 244-249 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1513. Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Turreted Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 28–30 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.43 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Philippus Arabs
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Turreted Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1513
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1513
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. 65, nr. 89-90
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 266-268, nr. 136-140, pl. 45
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 135, nr. 1567-1568
- external concordance
Research required
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