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cn coin 977

Connected to Type

CN Type 8435 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1730_V199 🔍
Legend
Μ ΑVΡ ᛈΕVΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟᛈ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1730_R385 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΑΝΤΩ*ΝΕ*ΙΝΙΑ - ᛈΕΒΑᛈΤΑ // ΒVΖΑΝΤΙ/ΩΝ
Design
Agonistic table, right, surmounted by prize crown with one palm branch, between two purses, below, amphora.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
31 mm
Weight
17.33 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: 456

Provenience: Fonds général 456

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1730, Paris 456

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 102, nr. 1730, pl. 99, pic. 1730  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 102, nr. 1726-1728, 1730-1731, pl. 99 ❐

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cn coin 977, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_977 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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