cn coin 929
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cn coin 929

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CN Type 8410 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1686_V170 🔍
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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
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Material
Diameter
Max: 24 mm / Min: 23 mm
Weight
5.45 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: 1686, Sofia

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 96, nr. 1686.2 

Mušmov, Antičnitě Moneti na Balkanskija poluostrov i monetitě na bŭlgarskitě care, Sofija 1912 nr. 3409 

Literature

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

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cn coin 929, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_929 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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