Bizye, Philippus Arabs, 5 unit (CN type 1526)
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 1526. Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon; at her feet, lion.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.9 g (mean of 1 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
- Cybele enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanon; at her feet, lion.
- 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/1526
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1526
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, 67, 68, nr. 85, 98, 109
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 272, nr. 164-166, pl. 47
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 131, nr. 1522-1524
- external concordance
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution