cn type 8550
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cn type 8550

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Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 253-259 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Π ΛΙΚ ΟVΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Design
Laureate bust of Valerian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Design
Prize crown, containing two palm branches.
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Persons

Sitter: Valerian I. 🔍  

Metrology
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Material
Diameter
Max: 25 mm / Min: 22 mm
Average Weight
7.86 g (4x)
Axes
12 (2x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 119, nr. 1815-1816, pl. 107, pic. 1815-1816 

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.549  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 8550, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8550 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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