Bizye, Philippus Arabs, 5 unit (CN type 21889)
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 21889. Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Heracles standing right, resting right arm on club, holding lion skin and bow in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
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
- Nude Heracles standing right, resting right arm on club, holding lion skin and bow in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΒΙΖVΗ//ΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21889
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21889
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 270, nr. 149, pl. 46
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution