cn coin 1017

Connected to Type

CN Type 8505 🔍

Mint

Byzantion 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐

Date

c. 222-235 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍

Obverse

Die

Byz_1761_V218 🔍

Legend

ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑVΓ

Design

Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots.
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Reverse

Die

Byz_1763_R412 🔍

Legend

ΕΠ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ

Design

Prow with naval ram, right, in waters. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter

Severus Alexander 🔍 ❐

Magistrate

Marcus Aurelius Fronto 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

24 mm

Weight

7.42 g

Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb  ❐
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin [de] ❐
Plaster Cast No: 1763, Sir Weber 2582

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 109, nr. 1763.1  ❐

Forrer, The Weber Collection. Greek coins: Macedon - Thrace - Thessaly - North Western, Central and Southern Greece 2, London 1924 pl. 98, pic. 2582  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 108-109, nr. 1761-1763, pl. 103, pic. 1761-1763  ❐

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cn coin 1017, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_1017 [Last downloaded: 2025/06/22]

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