Bizye, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 21885)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
196-198 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 196-198 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21885. Obverse: Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right. Reverse: Nude Capaneus standing left, wearing helmet, holding spear in right hand and shield and ladder in left hand; left foot on wall.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.53 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Septimius Severus, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Capaneus standing left, wearing helmet, holding spear in right hand and shield and ladder in left hand; left foot on wall.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ ϹΤΑΤΙ ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟV ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21885
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21885
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. 210, nr. 11, pl. 16
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution