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cn coin 931

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CN Type 8412 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1688_V171 🔍
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Legend obverse Μ ΑΛΕΖΑ-Ν [...]
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1688_R352 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΒVΖΑ*ΝΤ*ΙΩΝ
Design
Crescent; above, single star with seven rays. Border of dots.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 18.5 mm / Min: 18 mm
Weight
2.36 g
Axis
1
Owner

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Münzkabinett, Wien, at ❐

Owner Inventory No.: GR 8516

Provenience: 1821, Sammlung Tiepolo

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1688, Wien 67

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 96, nr. 1688, pl. 95, pic. 1688  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 96, nr. 1688, pl. 95, pic. 1688 ❐

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