cn type 1603
cn type 1603-0
cn type 1603-1
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Mint
Hoard
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cn type 1603

Mint
Bizye 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

244-248 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ Μ ΩΤΑΚ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄΒ
Design
Confronted busts of Philip the Arab, laureate, and of Otacilia Severa, diademed.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Design
Nude Hermes standing left, holding caduceus and purse.
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Persons

Sitter: Philippus Arabs 🔍  

Sitter: Otacilia Severa 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
5 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 30 mm / Min: 29 mm
Average Weight
13.78 g (2x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Die Münzprägung von Bizye, Berlin 1981 p. 74, nr. 146  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Bizija (The Coinage of Bizye), Sofija 2019 p. 278, nr. 16-18, pl. 50  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 136, nr. 1583 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48711 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 1603, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/1603 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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