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cn type 2840

Mint
Adramyttion 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹЄ(Β) ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑVΡ(Η) ΓΑΙΟV Β ΝЄ ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ
Design
Asclepius standing right, holding serpent-staff in left hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Strategos: Aurelius Gaios 🔍

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27 mm / Min: 23 mm
Average Weight
7.18 g (14x)
Axes
5 (2x) 6 (7x) 7 (1x) 11 (1x)
Public Commentary

Unterschiedliche Schreibweise von ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC in der Vs.-Legende.

Citation

Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913 p. 54-55, nr. 161-166  ❐

Calomino, RPC VI: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. VI: From Elagabalus to Maximinus Thrax (AD 218–238). online nr. 4133-4134  ❐

Stauber et al., Die Bucht von Adramytteion, Bonn 1996 p. 232, nr. 234-241  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4133 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4134 ❐

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cn type 2840, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/2840 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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