Bizye, Philippus Arabs, 6 unit (CN type 1579)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
244-249 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace6 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Philippus Arabs dated 244-249 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1579. Obverse: Radiate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Adlocutio scene; two laureate emperors (Philip the Arab and Philippus iunior) in military attire riding right on horseback, raising right arms, being acclaimed by legionaries in front of them.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 6 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 34 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 25.48 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Philippus Arabs
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Adlocutio scene; two laureate emperors (Philip the Arab and Philippus iunior) in military attire riding right on horseback, raising right arms, being acclaimed by legionaries in front of them.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1579
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1579
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. 246, nr. 25, pl. 34
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 134, nr. 1560
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution