Bizye, Philippus Arabs, 5 unit (CN type 1600)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
244-248 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Philippus Arabs dated 244-248 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1600. Obverse: Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed. Reverse: Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.61 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Philippus Arabs
Design
- Obverse type
- Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
- Reverse type
- Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ Μ ΩΤΑΚ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄΒΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1600
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1600
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. 74, nr. 144
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 276, nr. 1-9, pl. 49
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 136, nr. 1582
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution