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cn type 8501

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ϹΕV ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
Ε ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ Κ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ Π ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Nike standing facing, holding wreath and palm branch.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Magistrate: Marcus Aurelius Fronto 🔍

Magistrate: Aelia Festa 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
8 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 33 mm / Min: 30 mm
Average Weight
18.57 g (3x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 108, nr. 1756, pl. 102, pic. 1756/1  ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.476  🔍

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cn type 8501, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8501 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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