Sestos
CN_20412

Mint

Sestos

Date

c. 222-235

Period

Roman Imperial Period

Legend

Obverse

ΑV • Κ Μ Α • CЄ • ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC

Reverse

Ϲ-ΗϹ-ΤΙΩΝ

Design

Obverse

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

Reverse

Hero and Leander: to left, nude Leander swimming right; above, Eros, holding torch; to right, Hero standing on top of tower, holding lamp in his right hand. Border of dots.

Coinage

Type

city

Persons

Sitter

Severus Alexander

Material

bronze

Diameter Max

29 mm

Diameter Min

29 mm

Weight

13.49 g

Axis

1

Owner

Martin von Wagner Museum, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, DE

Owner Inventory No.

Ka 1270 = H 6637

Provenience

Herbert Wellhöfer 2003 - 2016

Citation

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III(no. 2987, p. 323)

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Sestos CN_20412, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_20412 [Last downloaded: 2021/02/28]

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