Bizye, Septimius Severus, 5 unit (CN type 21887)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
210-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Septimius Severus dated 210-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21887. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Apollo standing left, legs crossed, holding patera in right hand, left hand over serpent coiling around omphalos.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.79 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Apollo standing left, legs crossed, holding patera in right hand, left hand over serpent coiling around omphalos.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ Π
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖV//ΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21887
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21887
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. 212, nr. 26-28, pl. 17
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution