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cn coin 54055

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technique: cast
Is in the counterfeit collection of the Berlin Münzkabinett.

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Mint
Perinthos 🔍
Region: Thrace
Typology
Date
Roman Imperial Period  🔍
Obverse
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
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 of 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 a crab claws, 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
38.8 mm
Weight
28.59 g
Axis
12
Owner
Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de  
Owner Inventory No.: 18306065
Provenience: Fox 1873; ex Wigan Collection 1872
Literature
Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 nr. 4093 (On the original type.)   
Cite this record:
cn coin 54055, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_54055 [Last downloaded: 2025/01/25]
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