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cn type 8426

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕVΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟV
Design
Europa riding bull, left, holding billowing veil with both hands.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Magistrate: Aemilius Severus 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 30 mm / Min: 28 mm
Average Weight
12.47 g (2x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 100, nr. 1711-1713, pl. 97, pic. 1711-1713  ❐

Literature

Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 47, nr. 20c ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.486  🔍

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cn type 8426, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8426 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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