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cn coin 3998

Connected to Type
CN Type 3144 🔍
Mint
Perinthos 🔍
Region: Thrace
Typology
Date
222-235 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍
Obverse
Die
Per_0789_V_E 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ᛈΕV - ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟᛈ
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; with aegis on left shoulder.
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Reverse
Die
Per_0788_R788 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΠΕΡΙΝ-ΘΙ*WΝ* / Β ΝΕ-WΚΟ/ΡWΝ - Ι*WΝWΝ*
Design
Zeus within zodiac; in the middle, Zeus seated facing, holding patera in outstretched right hand, left resting on sceptre; at his feet, eagle to left, head right, with half spread wings; to upper left, Helios standing in quadriga, right, raising right arm; above, crescent; to upper right, Selene standing in biga towed by two bulls, left, holding torch in raised right hand; above, star; below, reclining figures of Gaia to right, holding cornucopia in right arm and a branch in left hand, and of Thalassa to left, wearing crab claws as headdress, holding ruder in left arm; prora at her feet; all within a double circle divided into twelve compartments containing the signs of the zodiac.
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Persons
Sitter
Severus Alexander 🔍
Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze  🔍
Diameter
Max: 40.8 mm / Min: 40.4 mm
Axis
12
Owner
Unknown, ,
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Literature
Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos, Berlin 1965 p. 243, nr. 789  
Cite this record:
cn coin 3998, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_3998 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/14]
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