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cn type 2917

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Adramyttion 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ ΚΡ ϹЄΒ ΑΛЄΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Severus Alexander, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ
Design
Athena standing facing, head left, wearing long garment and helmet, holding patera in outstretched right hand and left hand resting on shield placed on ground; behind, a lance.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 29 mm / Min: 26 mm
Average Weight
9.30 g (5x)
Axes
11 (1x) 12 (3x)
Citation

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

Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913 p. 54, nr. 159  ❐

Calomino, RPC VI: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. VI: From Elagabalus to Maximinus Thrax (AD 218–238). online nr. 4127  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4127 ❐

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cn type 2917, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/2917 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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