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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4292843, member: 75937&quot;]It&#039;s Saturday night and a free for all!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve rephotographed this coin and have been looking for it in a variety of references, modern and antiquarian. It&#039;s well-attested.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bizya was a city in Thrace, now the city of Vize in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is home to the only open air amphitheater in Thrace, built in the second century AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1092751[/ATTACH]</p><p>Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249.</p><p>Thrace, Bizya Æ 23.5 mm, 6.89 gm, 7 h.</p><p>Obv: M WTAKEIΛIA CEBHPA CEB, diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ, Artemis standing right, holding arrow and torch; stag at her feet.</p><p>Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/337527" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/337527" rel="nofollow">Tachev, <i>Bizija</i> 5</a> (this coin); Moushmov 3514; Sear GIC 3991; Varbanov 1592; Lindgren II 759; Jurukova 147; Mionnet Suppl 2, 193; RPC VIII, (unassigned; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48718" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48718" rel="nofollow">ID 48718</a>); CN <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins?id=9242" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins?id=9242" rel="nofollow">9242</a>; Milano IV/3 --; BMC Thrace --; SNG Tubingen --; SNG Copenhagen --;Wiczay --.</p><p>Notes: Double die-match to RPC specimen and to Lindgren II 759.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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