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cn coin 986

Connected to Type
CN Type 8444 🔍
Mint
Byzantion 🔍
Region: Thrace
Date
c. 222-235 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍
Obverse
Die
Byz_1738_V206 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΑVΤ · Κ · Μ · ΑVΡ · ϹΕV - ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ⠁ ΑVΓ
Design
Radiate bust of Severus Alexander, left, wearing cuirass and plaudamentum; spear in hidden right hand; shield on his left shoulder.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1740_R395 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠ · Μ · ΑVΡ · ΦΡΟΝΤ*ΩΝ*ΟϹ · ΚΑΙ · ΑΙΛ · ΦΗϹΤΗϹ // ΒVΖΑΝΤΙ/ΩΝ
Design
Laureate emperor (Severus Alexander) riding right on horseback, wearing cuirass, fluttering paludamentum and boots, raising right arm, holding short sceptre in left arm. Border of dots.
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Persons
Sitter
Severus Alexander 🔍
Magistrate
Marcus Aurelius Fronto 🔍
Magistrate
Aelia Festa 🔍
Metrology
Denomination
Medallion 🔍
Material
bronze  🔍
Diameter
37 mm
Weight
24.45 g
Owner
Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, bg  
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Plaster Cast No: 1739, Sofia
Citation
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 104, nr. 1739.4 
Mušmov, Antičnitě Moneti na Balkanskija poluostrov i monetitě na bŭlgarskitě care, Sofija 1912 nr. 3394 
Schönert-Geiß, Zur Geschichte Thrakiens anhand von griechischen Münzbildern aus der römischen Kaiserzeit 49, 1967 p. 236, nr. 45 
Literature
Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 103-104, nr. 1739, pl. 100, pic. 1739  
Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 47, nr. 21a  
Schönert-Geiß, Zur Geschichte Thrakiens anhand von griechischen Münzbildern aus der römischen Kaiserzeit 49, 1967 p. 236, nr. 45  
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cn coin 986, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_986 [Last downloaded: 2025/02/14]
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