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cn coin 928

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CN Type 8410 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1686_V170 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Μ ΑVΡ ᛈΕVΗ ΑΛ-ΕΖΑΝΔΡΟᛈ Α*VΓ*
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1685_R350 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΒVΖΑΝ-ΤΙΩΝ
Design
Nude bearded Heracles standing right, right arm behind back, left arm holding lion skin and resting on club set on rock. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
22 mm
Weight
4.55 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1686, London 189

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 96, nr. 1686.1, pl. 95, pic. 1686/1  ❐

Forrer, The Weber Collection. Greek coins: Macedon - Thrace - Thessaly - North Western, Central and Southern Greece 2, London 1924 pl. 98, pic. 2583  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 96, nr. 1685-1686, pl. 95 ❐

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cn coin 928, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_928 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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