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cn type 8506

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕV ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Lion walking right.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Magistrate: Marcus Aurelius Fronto 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 25 mm / Min: 24 mm
Average Weight
8.10 g (3x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 109, nr. 1764, pl. 103, pic. 1764  ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.503  🔍

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cn type 8506, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8506 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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