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cn coin 1928

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CN Type 8420 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1699_V177 🔍
Legend
Μ ΑVΡ ᛈΕVΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟᛈ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, holding spear with left hand over left shoulder.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1698_R361 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ Μ ΑVΡ ᛈΩ-Τ*ΗΡ*-ΙΧΟV ΒVΖΑΝ//ΤΙΩΝ
Design
Two torches; on ground inbetween, modius with four ears of corn and a poppy.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Magistrate: Marcus Aurelius Soterichus 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Material
Diameter
29 mm
Weight
14.85 g
Owner

Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Warschau, pl

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: 55 827

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: Warschau XXXV, 345

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 98, nr. 1699.2, pl. 96, pic. 1699/2 

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 98, nr. 1699, pl. 96, pic. 1699

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cn coin 1928, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_1928 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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